Control of the input efficiency of photons into solar cells with plasmonic nanoparticles

Optics Communications

Volumn 284, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2226-2229

  Pors, Anders ^a   Uskov, Alexander V ^a,b,c   Willatzen, Morten ^a   Protsenko, Igor E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Nanoplasmonics; Photovoltaics; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; CELL THICKNESS; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOW DENSITY; NANOPARTICLE DENSITY; NANOPARTICLE SHAPE; NANOPLASMONICS; PHOTON WAVELENGTH; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD COATINGS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79951850589     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2010.12.067     Document Type: Article

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