Plasmonic nanoparticle enhanced light absorption in GaAs solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Nakayama, Keisuke ^a,b   Tanabe, Katsuaki ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINA; ASPECT RATIO; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CURRENT DENSITY; CYTOLOGY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LIGHT METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ABSORBER LAYERS; AG NANO-PARTICLES; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATES; CELL SURFACES; FILL FACTOR; HIGH ASPECT RATIOS; INCIDENT LIGHT; NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; OPTICAL PATHS; PHOTOVOLTAIC LAYERS; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT DENSITY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 52949125589     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2988288     Document Type: Article

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