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. 2010 Mar;9(3):205-13.
doi: 10.1038/nmat2629. Epub 2010 Feb 19.

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

Harry A Atwater  1 , Albert Polman
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Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

Harry A Atwater et al. Nat Mater. 2010 Mar.

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  • Nat Mater. 2010 Oct;9(10):865

Abstract

The emerging field of plasmonics has yielded methods for guiding and localizing light at the nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of light in free space. Now plasmonics researchers are turning their attention to photovoltaics, where design approaches based on plasmonics can be used to improve absorption in photovoltaic devices, permitting a considerable reduction in the physical thickness of solar photovoltaic absorber layers, and yielding new options for solar-cell design. In this review, we survey recent advances at the intersection of plasmonics and photovoltaics and offer an outlook on the future of solar cells based on these principles.

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