Angular selective semi-transparent photovoltaics

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Brian ^a   Nanditha, D M ^a   Dissanayake, M ^a   Ku, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMMERCE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSPARENCY;

HIGH ASPECT RATIO; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELECTIVE REFLECTORS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 84858958945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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