Absorption enhancement in solar cells by localized plasmon polaritons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Rockstuhl, Carsten ^a   Fahr, Stephan ^a   Lederer, Falk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC WIRE; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLIDS;

ABSORBED PHOTONS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENTS; ENHANCED SCATTERINGS; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NEAR FIELDS; POLARITONS; RIGOROUS DIFFRACTION THEORIES; SOLAR SPECTRUMS; SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 58149216193     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3037239     Document Type: Article

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