Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Trapping in Metal/Silicon Nanobowl Arrays for Thin Film Photovoltaics

Enhancing the light absorption in thin film silicon solar cells with nanophotonic and plasmonic structures is important for the realization of high efficiency solar cells with significant cost reduction. In this work, we investigate periodic arrays of conformal metal/silicon nanobowl arrays (MSNBs)...

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Main Authors: Ruinan Sun, Haoxin Fu, Jiang Wang, Yachun Wang, Xingchen Du, Haichuan Zhao, Chenliang Huo, Kuiqing Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4270794