Plasmonic effect in pn-junction solar cells based on layers of semiconductor nanocrystals: Where to introduce metal nanoparticles?

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-112

  Dasgupta, Uttiya ^a   Saha, Sudip K ^a   Pal, Amlan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Electron trapping by silver nanoparticles; Plasmonic effect; Pn junction solar cells; Silver nanoparticles at different locations of pn and the np junctions

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRAPS; ELECTRONS; INDIUM SULFIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

COPPER ZINC TIN SULFIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; P-N JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; PLASMONIC SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84921634886     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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