Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells

Martin A. Green; Supriya Pillai

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.30

Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells

Martin A. Green^*, Supriya Pillai

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Abstract

Plasmons are free-electron oscillations in a conductor that allow light to be manipulated at the nanoscale. The ability of plasmons to guide and confine light on subwavelength scales is opening up new design possibilities for solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-132
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Photonics
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.30
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

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