Surface plasmons for improving the performance of quantum dot structures for third generation solar cell applications

Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-184

  Pillai, Supriya ^a   Perez Wurfl, Ivan ^a   Conibeer, Gavin J ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Photoluminescence; Photovoltaics; Qantum dots; Surface plasmons; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; QANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 78751536909     PISSN: 18626351     EISSN: 16101642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201000644     Document Type: Article

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