Broadband optical absorption of amorphous carbon/Ag nanocomposite films and its potential for solar harvesting applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 350-356

  Zoubos, H ^a   Koutsokeras, L E ^a,b   Anagnostopoulos, D F ^a   Lidorikis, E ^a   Kalogirou, S A ^b   Wildes, A R ^c   Kelires, P C ^b   Patsalas, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Effective medium approximation; Nanocomposites; Plasmonics; Solar absorption

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL REFLECTIVITY; PHOTOTHERMAL APPLICATIONS; PLASMONICS; SOLAR ABSORPTION;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REFLECTION; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84880376742     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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