Increasing upconversion by plasmon resonance in metal nanoparticles-a caombined simulation analysis

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-140

  Goldschmidt, J C ^a   Fischer, S ^a   Steinkemper, H ^a   Hallermann, F ^b   Von Plessen, G ^b   Kramer K W ^c   Biner, D ^c   Hermle, M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erbium; nanophotonics; photovoltaic cells; upconversion (UC)

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; BIFACIAL SILICON SOLAR CELL; BROAD SPECTRUM; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MIE THEORY; MONOCHROMATIC EXCITATION; MULTIPHONONS; NONLINEAR NATURE; NONRADIATIVE PROCESS; OPTICAL FIELD; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMON RESONANCES; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SUBBAND-GAP; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; TRANSITION RATES; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERTER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84865190649     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2182179     Document Type: Article

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