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Light-trapping in the near field: the case for plasmonic thin-film solar cells

Christophe Ballif
2013
Conference Papers

Abstract

We study the plasmonic and the non-plasmonic regimes of operation of a thin-film amorphous-silicon solar cell. By rigorous calculation, we discuss the impact of the cell geometry on the nature of its optical resonances.

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