Large integrated absorption enhancement in plasmonic solar cells by combining metallic gratings and antireflection coatings

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2195-2201

  Munday, Jeremy N ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption enhancement; grating; photovoltaics; plasmonics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; CELL ARCHITECTURES; ELECTRON GENERATION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION; GRATING; GUIDED MODES; INTEGRATED CURRENTS; METALLIC GRATINGS; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; RESONANT MODE; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; ULTRA-THIN;

ABSORPTION; COATINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79958186529     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl101875t     Document Type: Article

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