Resonant nano-antennas for light trapping in plasmonic solar cells

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Mokkapati, S ^a   Beck, F J ^a   De Waele, R ^b   Polman, A ^b   Catchpole, K R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; ILLUMINATED SURFACE; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MAJOR FACTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PATH LENGTH; PLASMONIC; RESONANT EXCITATION; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; STANDING WAVE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY; FORWARD SCATTERING; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SHIFT; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79955436553     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/18/185101     Document Type: Article

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