Toward omnidirectional light absorption by plasmonic effect for high-efficiency flexible nonvacuum Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9341-9348

  Chen, Shih Chen ^a   Chen, Yi Ju ^b   Chen, Wei Ting ^c   Yen, Yu Ting ^b   Kao, Tsung Sheng ^a   Chuang, Tsung Yeh ^d   Liao, Yu Kuang ^a   Wu, Kaung Hsiung ^a   Yabushita, Atsushi ^a   Hsieh, Tung Po ^d   Charlton, Martin D B ^e   Tsai, Din Ping ^c,f   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)Se2; flexible; nanoparticles; omnidirectional light absorption; plasmonic effect; solar Cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GALLIUM; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

CU (IN ,GA)SE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON-HOLE GENERATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLEXIBLE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84925688221     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503320m     Document Type: Article

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