Exceeding the limit of plasmonic light trapping in textured screen-printed solar cells using Al nanoparticles and wrinkle-like graphene sheets

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue AUGUST, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Xi ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Zhang, Yinan ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Al nanoparticles; Plasmonic light trapping; Screen printed solar cells; Wrinkle like graphene sheets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882261508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.48     Document Type: Article

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