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.
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Green, M., Pillai, S. Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells. Nature Photon 6, 130–132 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.30
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