Plasmonic field and efficiency enhancement in crystalline thin film photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7772, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Deyin ^a   Ma, Zhenqiang ^b   Zhou, Weidong ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Plasmon; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ABSORPTION REGION; AG NANOPARTICLE; CELL EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FABRY-PEROT; FAR FIELD; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; IN-CELL; NANOMEMBRANES; PLASMONIC; PROCESS TOLERANCE; QUANTUM WELL; RADIATION CONDITION; SILVER PARTICLES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STANDARD TESTS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL; ULTRA-THIN;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FILM THICKNESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

SILVER;

EID: 77957826118     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.861887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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