Near-field light concentration of ultra-small metallic nanoparticles for absorption enhancement in a-Si solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Cai, Boyuan ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Shi, Zhengrong ^b   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875138721     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4794420     Document Type: Article

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