Light absorption enhancement in thin-film solar cells using whispering gallery modes in dielectric nanospheres

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1272-1276

  Grandidier, Jonathan ^a   Callahan, Dennis M ^a   Munday, Jeremy N ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

nanospheres; photovoltaic devices; solar cells; thin films; whispering gallery modes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; DIELECTRIC SPHERES; INCIDENT LIGHT; ITS EFFICIENCIES; LEAKY MODES; OPTICAL POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WAVELENGTH SCALE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

NANOSPHERES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT; NANOSPHERES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952408211     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201004393     Document Type: Article

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