Design of light scattering in nanowire materials for photovoltaic applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2638-2642

  Muskens, Otto L ^a   Rivas, Jaime Gómez ^a,b   Algra, Rienk E ^b,c,d   Bakkers, Erik P A M ^b   Lagendijk, Ad ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c MATERIALS INNOVATION INSTITUTE M2I   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCES; DIFFUSIVE SCATTERINGS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUMS; EFFECTIVE SUPPRESSIONS; EXTERNAL EFFICIENCIES; INCIDENT LIGHTS; INP; NANOWIRE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 61549097202     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0808076     Document Type: Article

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