Surface-plasmon enhanced near-bandgap light absorption in silicon photovoltaics

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2096-2101

  Hu, Lu ^a   Chen, Xiaoyuan ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mie scattering; Silver nanoparticle; Solar photovoltaics; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SPHERES; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENTS; AT RESONANCES; LOCAL FIELDS; MIE SCATTERING; MIE SCATTERING THEORIES; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; PARTICLE SURFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMON FIELDS; RETARDATION EFFECTS; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER PARTICLES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SPHERICAL SHELLS; SPHERICAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON;

SILVER;

EID: 57649200127     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2008.1103     Document Type: Article

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