Dielectric Scattering Patterns for Efficient Light Trapping in Thin-Film Solar Cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4846-4852

  Van Lare, Claire ^a   Lenzmann, Frank ^b   Verschuuren, Marc A ^c   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

geometrical resonances; light trapping; nanophotonics; resonant nanostructures; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIELECTRIC SCATTERING; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; RESONANT LIGHT SCATTERINGS; SEMICONDUCTOR ABSORBERS; SOFT IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHIES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

THIN FILMS;

ALUMINUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84939242648     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5045583     Document Type: Article

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