Enhanced light trapping for high efficiency crystalline solar cells by the application of rear surface plasmons

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-226

  Yang, Y ^a   Pillai, S ^a   Mehrvarz, H ^a   Kampwerth, H ^a   Ho Baillie, A ^a   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption length; Effective optical path length; High efficiency silicon solar cells; Light trapping; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LENGTH; AG NANOPARTICLE; CRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT TRAPPING; OPTICAL ENHANCEMENTS; OPTICAL PARAMETER; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; REAR SURFACES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SPACER LAYER; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRUM RANGE; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERT; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON WAFERS;

SILVER;

EID: 84862797975     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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