Advanced upconverter systems with spectral and geometric concentration for high upconversion efficiencies

Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Proceedings, COMMAD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 307-311

  Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph ^a   Löper, Philipp ^a   Fischer, Stefan ^a   Janz, Stefan ^a   Peters, Marius ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a   Willeke, Gerhard ^a   Lifshitz, Efrat ^b   Kramer, Karl ^c   Biner, Daniel ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescent concentrators; Photonic structures; Silicon solar cells; Spectral concentration; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYSTEMS; BAND GAPS; EMISSION RANGES; FLUORESCENT CONCENTRATORS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURES; SPECTRAL CONCENTRATION; SYSTEM CONCEPTS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCIES; UP CONVERTERS; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UP-CONVERSION PROCESS; UPCONVERSION;

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 64849109790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2008.4802153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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