Luminescent layers for enhanced silicon solar cell performance: Down-conversion

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1189-1207

  Richards, B S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down conversion; Luminescence; Photovoltaics; Quantum cutting; Rare earths; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

DOWN-CONVERSION; QUANTUM CUTTING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33644999050     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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