Enhanced absorption in Au nanoparticles/a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction solar cells exploiting Au surface plasmon resonance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1749-1754

  Losurdo, Maria ^a   Giangregorio, Maria M ^a   Bianco, Giuseppe V ^a   Sacchetti, Alberto ^a   Capezzuto, Pio ^a   Bruno, Giovanni ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Si heterojunction; Spectroscopic ellipsometry; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AU NANOPARTICLE; AU NANOPARTICLES; AU SURFACES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; FILL FACTOR; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; P-TYPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMON RESONANCES; POWER OUT PUT; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SI HETEROJUNCTION; VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GOLD ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMONS; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

GOLD;

EID: 68349091490     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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