Surface plasmon enhancement of optical absorption of thin film A-SI:H solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000557-000560

  Biswas, R ^a,b   Zhou, D ^a   Curtin, B ^a   Chakravarty, N ^a   Dalal, V ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BACK REFLECTORS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PLASMONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; SURFACE PLASMON ENHANCEMENT;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 77951546406     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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