Dielectric core-shell optical antennas for strong solar absorption enhancement

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3674-3681

  Yu, Yiling ^b   Ferry, Vivian E ^c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^c   Cao, Linyou ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core?shell; nanowires; optical antenna; solar absorption; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; ANTIREFLECTIVE; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; CORE?SHELL; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); LEAKY MODES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NONABSORBING DIELECTRICS; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; SIZE RATIO; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; STRONG ENHANCEMENT;

ANTENNAS; FILM THICKNESS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84863824550     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301435r     Document Type: Article

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