Potential of plasmonics in photovoltaic solar cells

Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Adamovic, N ^a   Schmid, U ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Plasmonics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; EMBEDDED METALS; GAAS; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; RECOMBINATION CURRENTS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN CELLS; THIN FILM CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84855943286     PISSN: 0932383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00502-011-0043-3     Document Type: Article

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