Plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer for solar energy conversion

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 601-607

  Li, Jiangtian ^a   Cushing, Scott K ^a,b   Meng, Fanke ^a   Senty, Tess R ^b   Bristow, Alan D ^b   Wu, Nianqiang ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONICS; RED SHIFT; RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIPOLE-DIPOLE COUPLINGS; HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL CHARGE; PLASMON RESONANCES; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; STRONG DEPENDENCES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

BLUE SHIFT;

EID: 84940459984     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.142     Document Type: Article

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