Efficient photon capturing with ordered three-dimensional nanowell arrays

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3682-3689

  Leung, Siu Fung ^a   Yu, Miao ^a   Lin, Qingfeng ^a   Kwon, Kyungmook ^b   Ching, Kwong Lung ^a   Gu, Leilei ^a   Yu, Kyoungsik ^b   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; nanowell array; optical diffraction grating; photon capturing; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NANOWELL; OPTICAL DIFFRACTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RATIONAL DESIGN; SCALABLE APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

DIFFRACTION; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84863844689     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3014567     Document Type: Article

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