Concept to devices: From plasmonic light trapping to upscaled plasmonic solar modules [Invited]

Photonics Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-27

  Jia, Baohua ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Saha, Jhantu Kumar ^a   Qiao, Qi ^b   Wang, Yongqian ^b   Shi, Zhengrong ^b   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Suntech Power Holdings Co   (China)

Author keywords

Nanomaterials; Photovoltaic; Plasmonics; Subwavelength structures, nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; HIGH EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION METHOD; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887939667     PISSN: 23279125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.1.000022     Document Type: Article

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