Spatial distribution of absorption in plasmonic thin film solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 11763-11771

  Chao, Chien Chang ^a   Wang, Chih Ming ^b   Chang, Jenq Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PLASMONS; SILVER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTANCE; ACTIVE LAYER; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METALLIC MATERIAL; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIME-AVERAGED ENERGY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77952861551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.011763     Document Type: Article

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