Enhanced up-converted fluorescence in fluorozirconate based glass ceramics for high efficiency solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7002, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ahrens, Bernd ^a   Henke, Bastian ^b   Miclea, Paul T ^b,c   Johnson, Jacqueline A ^d   Schweizer, Stefan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS CSP   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium chloride nano crystals; Fluorozirconate glass ceramics; Neodymium; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE IONS; FLUOROZIRCONATE GLASSES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INFRARED FLUORESCENCE (IRF); OPTIMUM VALUE; PHOTON UP-CONVERSION; POWER DEPENDENCE; RADIATIVE LIFETIMES; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; UP-CONVERSION (UC); UP-CONVERSION FLUORESCENCE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; GLASS CERAMICS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM; OPTICS; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47749086735     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.779271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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