1.30 - Plasmonics for Photovoltaics

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 641-656

  Pillai, S ^a   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Metal nanoparticles; Photovoltaics; Plasmonics; Solar cells; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894119392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00147-5     Document Type: Chapter

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