Synthesis and optical absorption of Ag/CdS core/shell plasmonic nanostructure

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-13

  Duan, Huiling ^a   Xuan, Yimin ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Optical absorption; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AG AND CDS NANOPARTICLES; COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; UV-VIS SPECTROMETRY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84888160269     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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