Photon absorption and photocurrent in solar cells below semiconductor bandgap due to electron photoemission from plasmonic nanoantennas

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-426

  Novitsky, A ^a   Uskov, A V ^a,b,c   Gritti, C ^a   Protsenko, I E ^b,c   Kardynal B E ^a,d   Lavrinenko, A V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Plasmonics Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

photoemission; plasmonics; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLAR CELLS;

CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ELECTRON PHOTOEMISSION; INFRARED RANGE; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; PLASMONICS; SCHOTTKY DIODES;

PHOTOEMISSION;

EID: 84895920011     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2278     Document Type: Article

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