Improved red-response in thin film a-Si:H solar cells with soft-imprinted plasmonic back reflectors
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plasmonic back reflectors Vivian E. Ferry, Marc A. Verschuuren, Hongbo B. T. Li, Ruud E. I. Schropp, Harry A. Atwater, and Albert Polman Thomas J. Watson Laboratories of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands Utrecht University, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Section Nanophotonics, P.O. Box 80,000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Center for Nanophotonics, FOM—Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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