Surface plasmon enhanced GaAs thin film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 693-698

  Liu, Wen ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Li, Yueqiang ^a   Geng, Zhaoxin ^a   Yang, Fuhua ^a   Li, Jinmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; GaAs; Solar cells; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

AG FILMS; AG NANOPARTICLE; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; GAAS THIN FILMS; III-V SOLAR CELLS; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LITTLE RESEARCH; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; RED SHIFT; SI SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

CYTOLOGY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS;

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EID: 78650682728     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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