Enhanced optical absorption in nanopatterned silicon thin films with a nano-cone-hole structure for photovoltaic applications

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1713-1715

  Du, Qing Guo ^a   Kam, Chan Hin ^a   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a   Yu, Hong Yu ^a   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; MODE INTERACTIONS; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; RESONANT MODE; SILICON THIN FILM;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79956311504     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.001713     Document Type: Article

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