Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Spinelli, P ^a   Ferry, E ^b   Van De Groep, J ^a   Van Lare, M ^a   Verschuuren, A ^c   Schropp, I ^d   Atwater, A ^b   Polman, A ^a,a   Ferry, V E ^b   Verschuuren, M A ^c   Schropp, R E I ^d   Atwater, H A ^b  

^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; plasmonics; solar cells; thin film

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; TEXTURES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

A-SI:H SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS SILICON; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PROPAGATION OF LIGHTS; THIN-FILM SI SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84856261339     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/2/024002     Document Type: Review

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