Enhanced absorption in optically thin solar cells by scattering from embedded dielectric nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 102, 2010, Pages A139-A146

  Nagel, James R ^a,b   Scarpulla, Michael A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOMETRY; PHOTONS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SCATTERING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORBED PHOTONS; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; FULLY COMPATIBLE; LIGHT CAPTURE; PHOTON FLUX; SEMICONDUCTOR ABSORBERS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77953859656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.00A139     Document Type: Article

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