Nanoparticle-enhanced light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 917-926

  Ouyang, Zi ^a,b   Zhao, Xiang ^a   Varlamov, Sergey ^a   Tao, Yuguo ^a   Wong, Johnson ^a   Pillai, Supriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

light trapping; nanoparticle; photocurrent; silicon thin film; solar cell; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; CELL SURFACES; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PLASMONIC; REFLECTOR STRUCTURES; ROADMAP; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILICON DEVICES; SILICON THIN FILM; SURFACE PLASMON; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; THIN AG FILMS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SILVER;

EID: 82355169746     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1135     Document Type: Article

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