Efficiency enhancement of solar cells by luminescent up-conversion of sunlight

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 18-19, 2006, Pages 3327-3338

  Trupke, T ^a   Shalav, A ^a   Richards, B S ^a   Wurfel P ^b   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Limiting efficiency; Silicon solar cells; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

AIRMASS SPECTRA; LIMITING EFFICIENCY; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION (UC)-SYSTEM;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33748308775     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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