Enhancing the near-infrared spectral response of silicon optoelectronic devices via up-conversion

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2679-2684

  Richards, Bryce S ^a,b   Shalav, Avi ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Photovoltaics (PVs); Silicon solar cells; Up conversion (UC)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ERBIUM-DOPED SODIUM YTTRIUM FLUORIDE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; UP-CONVERSION;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 35148888969     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2007.903197     Document Type: Article

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