Doubling absorption in nanowire solar cells with dielectric shell optical antennas

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 753-758

  Kim, Sun Kyung ^a   Zhang, Xing ^b   Hill, David J ^b   Song, Kyung Deok ^c   Park, Jin Sung ^c   Park, Hong Gyu ^c   Cahoon, James F ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FDTD simulation; optical antenna; photovoltaic device; silicon nanowires; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

FDTD SIMULATIONS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL ANTENNAE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84920971391     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl504462e     Document Type: Article

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