Plasmonic energy collection through hot carrier extraction

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5426-5430

  Wang, Fuming ^a   Melosh, Nicholas A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

hot electron; MIM devices; solar energy conversion; surface plasmons; tunneling

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM; CARRIER EXTRACTION; DIRECT CURRENT; DIRECT ILLUMINATION; ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; ENERGY COLLECTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METAL INSULATOR METALS; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTON FREQUENCY; PLASMON ABSORPTION; PLASMONIC; POWER CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN INSULATING BARRIERS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HOT ELECTRONS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PLASMONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 83655192468     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203196z     Document Type: Article

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