Design of nanostructured solar cells using coupled optical and electrical modeling

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2894-2900

  Deceglie, Michael G ^a   Ferry, Vivian E ^b,c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^b,c   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

device physics; light trapping; nanophotonic; photovoltaics; plasmon; silicon; simulation; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PHYSICS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SIMULATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMONS; SILICON;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84862281822     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl300483y     Document Type: Article

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