Resonant and nonresonant plasmonic nanoparticle enhancement for thin-film silicon solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Akimov, Yu A ^a   Koh, W S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; NONRESONANT; NONRESONANT COUPLING; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; RESONANT COUPLINGS; SILVER NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; FORWARD SCATTERING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

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EID: 77952347159     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/23/235201     Document Type: Article

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