Optimized spatial correlations for broadband light trapping nanopatterns in high efficiency ultrathin film a-Si:H solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4239-4245

  Ferry, Vivian E ^a,b   Verschuuren, Marc A ^c   Lare, M Claire Van ^a   Schropp, Ruud E I ^d   Atwater, Harry A ^b   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

light trapping; nanoimprint lithography; photovoltaics; silicon; surface plasmon polariton; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANO-IMPRINT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80054010598     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202226r     Document Type: Article

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