Using spacer layers to control metal and semiconductor absorption in ultrathin solar cells with plasmonic substrates
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Niraj N. Lal,1 Hang Zhou,2 Matthew Hawkeye,1 Jatin K. Sinha,3 Philip N. Bartlett,3 Gehan A. J. Amaratunga,2 and Jeremy J. Baumberg1 1NanoPhotonics Center, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom 2Centre for Advanced Photonics and Engineering, University of Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom 3School of Chemistry, University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom (Received 24 March 2012; revised manuscript received 24 May 2012; published 25 June 2012)
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تاریخ انتشار 2012