Design of plasmonic thin-film solar cells with broadband absorption enhancements

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 3504-3509

  Pala, Ragip A ^a   White, Justin ^a   Barnard, Edward ^a   Liu, John ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; FABRY-PEROT RESONANCES; G-VALUES; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; NEAR-FIELD; PHOTO ENERGY; RECIPROCAL LATTICE VECTORS; SI FILMS; SI LAYER; SI SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

ABSORPTION; CELL MEMBRANES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILICON; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70349094073     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200900331     Document Type: Article

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