Optical properties of gold and aluminium nanoparticles for silicon solar cell applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Temple, T L ^a   Bagnall, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; AL-NANOPARTICLES; AU NANOPARTICLE; BAND EDGE; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAR-FIELD; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; INTERBAND; LATERAL SIZES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL TYPES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL; POLYCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THRESHOLD REGIONS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ASPECT RATIO; GOLD; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYSILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955715723     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3574657     Document Type: Article

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