Plasmonic photo-thermoelectric energy converter with black-Si absorber

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-77

  Komatsu, Ryosuke ^a   Balčytis, Armandas ^b,c,d   Seniutinas, Gediminas ^b,d   Yamamura, Takuya ^a   Nishijima, Yoshiaki ^a   Juodkazis, Saulius ^b,d  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black silicon; Photo thermoelectricity; Seebeck element; Solar power

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

BLACK SILICON; ENERGY CONVERTERS; OPERATIONAL RANGE; PHOTO-THERMOELECTRIC; SEEBECK ELEMENTS; SPECTRAL POSITION; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

GOLD;

EID: 84936818596     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.06.035     Document Type: Article

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