An efficient plasmonic photovoltaic structure using silicon strip-loaded geometry

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Awal, M A ^a   Ahmed, Zabir ^a   Talukder, Muhammad Anisuzzaman ^a,b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PLASMONS; SILICON; SILICON SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

INCIDENT LIGHT; LOADED STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES; RESONANT SURFACES; SILICON THIN FILM; SOLAR ABSORPTION; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SILVER;

EID: 84923684211     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4907873     Document Type: Article

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