Au-Pt core-shell nanoemitters on silicon for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-62

  Lublow, M ^a,c   Bouabadi, B ^b   Kubala, S ^c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemistry; Plasmonics; Self organization; Silicon solar cell; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL CONDITIONING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; HETEROCONTACTS; MIE SCATTERING; NANO SCALE; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; NANOEMITTERS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; POROUS SIO; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SIMULATION; TEST OPERATIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON EMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMONS; PLATINUM; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

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EID: 84865466012     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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