Silicon nanodisk array design for effective light trapping in ultrathin c-Si

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2014, Pages A1431-A1439

  Kim, Inho ^a   Jeong, Doo Seok ^a   Lee, Wook Seong ^a   Kim, Won Mok ^a   Lee, Taek Sung ^a   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Song, Jong Han ^a   Kim, Joon Kon ^a   Lee, Kyeong Seok ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MINORITY CARRIER; NANODISK ARRAYS; NANOTEXTURING; OPTICAL SIMULATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

SILICON WAFERS;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84908161945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1431     Document Type: Article

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