Three efficiency benefits from thin film plasmonic solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000907-000910

  Munday, Jeremy N ^a   Callahan, Dennis M ^a   Chen, Clare ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK ABSORPTION; BULK COUNTERPART; BULK RECOMBINATION; DESIGN SCHEME; EFFICIENCY BENEFITS; FILL FACTOR; GAAS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LOW COSTS; METAL PARTICLE; METALLIC SCATTERERS; METALLIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC; SIMPLE CIRCUITS; THIN LAYERS; THINNER LAYERS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SHEET RESISTANCE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84861082444     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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