Plasmonic metal nanocubes for broadband light absorption enhancement in thin-film a-Si solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Veenkamp, R J ^a   Ye, W N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM; DIELECTRIC FILMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSPHERES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; FRACTION OF LIGHT; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; SURFACE COVERAGES; THIN DIELECTRIC FILM;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84898022371     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4869785     Document Type: Article

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