Plasmonic enhancement of thin-film solar cells using gold-black coatings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8111, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fredricksen, C J ^a   Panjwani, D R ^b   Arnold, J P ^b   Figueiredo, P N ^b   Rezaie, F K ^b   Colwell, J ^b   Baillie, K ^b   Peppernick, S J ^c   Joly, A G ^c   Beck, K M ^c   Hess, W P ^c   Peale, R E ^b  

^a LRC Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallic nanoparticles; Plasmonics; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ELECTRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; GOLD-BLACK; HOTSPOTS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PATH; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SOLAR FLUX; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASMONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BLACK COATINGS;

EID: 80054078908     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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