Assessment of optical absorption in carbon nanotube photovoltaic device by electromagnetic theory

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-314

  Chen, Changxin ^a   Yang, Liu ^a,b   Lu, Yang ^a,c   Xiao, Gaobiao ^a   Zhang, Yafei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rsicsh Instrument   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic (EM) scattering; High frequency structure simulator (HFSS); Optical absorption; Photovoltaic device; Single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED POWER; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; E-M WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; EM SCATTERING; EM SIMULATIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HFSS SIMULATION; HIGH FREQUENCY STRUCTURE SIMULATOR (HFSS); HIGH-FREQUENCY STRUCTURE SIMULATORS; LOSSY DIELECTRICS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SCATTERING MODEL; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FLOW FIELDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SIMULATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67249142173     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.2010493     Document Type: Article

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