A close to unity and all-solar-spectrum absorption by ion-sputtering induced Si nanocone arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22087-22094

  Qiu, Ying ^a   Hao, Hong Chen ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a,b   Lu, Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ASPECT RATIO; METAL IONS;

ABSORBANCES; ABSORPTIVITIES; CODEPOSITION; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; ION DOSE; ION SPUTTERING; NANO-STRUCTURED; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SI NANOCONE ARRAYS; SI(1 0 0);

SILICON;

HEAVY ION; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAVY IONS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84866707101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022087     Document Type: Article

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