Plasmonic nanoparticle films for solar cell applications fabricated by size-selective aerosol deposition

Energy Procedia

Volumn 60, Issue C, 2014, Pages 3-12

  Pfeiffer, T V ^a   Ortiz Gonzalez, J ^a   Santbergen, R ^a   Tan, H ^b   Schmidt Ott, A ^a   Zeman, M ^a   Smets, A H M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerosol; Light trapping; Plasmonics; Silver nanoparticles; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922384203     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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