Role of surface metal nanoparticles on the absorption in solar cells

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 641-643

  Sun, Zhijun ^a   Zuo, Xiaoliu ^a   Yang, Ying ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED POWER; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE MATERIAL; ACTIVE REGIONS; CELL SURFACES; EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESS; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

CELL MEMBRANES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84863166734     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000641     Document Type: Article

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