Hetero-structured lumpy nanoparticle conformal structure for high absorbance of ultrathin film amorphous silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Cai, Boyuan ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL STRUCTURES; CORE PARTICLES; DIELECTRIC CORE PARTICLE; METALLIC SURFACE; NEAR FIELD LIGHT; RADIUS RATIO; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SCATTERING EFFECTS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84891416162     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4851238     Document Type: Article

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