Effects of silver nanoparticles size and shape on light scattering

Optik

Volumn 127, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 5722-5728

  Yang, Shi E ^a   Liu, Ping ^b   Zhang, Yu Jie ^a   Guo, Qiao Neng ^a   Chen, Yong Sheng ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling efficiency; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Scattering cross section; Scattering efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; CYLINDRICAL PARTICLES; ENHANCED SCATTERING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84962748963     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2016.03.071     Document Type: Article

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