Plasmonic nanostructure design for efficient light coupling into solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4391-4397

  Ferry, Vivian E ^a   Sweatlock, Luke A ^b   Pacifici, Domenico ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; CROSS SECTIONS; ENHANCED ABSORPTIONS; GAAS; GUIDED MODES; INCIDENT ANGLES; LIGHT COUPLINGS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS; SI BAND GAPS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL FEATURES; SUB WAVELENGTHS;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CORRUGATED METAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 61649101484     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl8022548     Document Type: Article

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