Enhanced photon absorption of single nanowire α-Si solar cells modulated by silver core

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11506-11516

  Zhan, Yaohui ^a   Zhao, Jiupeng ^a   Zhou, Changhai ^a   Alemayehu, Muluneh ^a   Li, Yanpeng ^a   Li, Yao ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; SILICON; SILVER;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; CORE SIZE; LEAKY MODES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; METALLIC CORES; MIE SCATTERING; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; POWER SOURCES; SI NANOWIRE; SI SOLAR CELLS; SILVER CORES; SINGLE NANOWIRES; TWO-DIMENSION; VECTORIAL FINITE ELEMENT METHODS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84861130053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.011506     Document Type: Article

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