Broadband optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanofunnel arrays for photovoltaic applications

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Li, Li ^a   Peng, Kui Qing ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Hu, Ya ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Ling ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROADBAND LIGHT; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; GRADUAL CHANGES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW COSTS; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84862146394     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4723850     Document Type: Article

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