Photocurrent enhancement by surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles in spray deposited large area dye sensitized solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-80

  Chander, Nikhil ^a   Singh, Puneet ^a   Khan, A F ^b   Dutta, Viresh ^a   Komarala, Vamsi K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Gold nanoparticles; Spray deposition; Surface plasmon resonance; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE FILMS; DATA HANDLING; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; NEAR FIELD EFFECT; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SPRAY DEPOSITION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908574340     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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