Encapsulating Eu3+ complex doped layers to improve Si-based solar cell efficiency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 519-525

  Le Donne, Alessia ^a   Acciarri, Maurizio ^a   Narducci, Dario ^a   Marchionna, Stefano ^a   Binetti, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down shifting; Organolanthanide complexes; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DOPED LAYERS; DOWN-SHIFTING; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ENCAPSULATED CELL; LANTHANIDE ION; MATRIX; ORGANIC COMPLEX; ORGANOLANTHANIDE COMPLEXES; ORGANOLANTHANIDES; PEAK PRICES; SI-BASED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TERRESTRIAL APPLICATION; TOTAL POWER;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; QUENCHING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 72149116486     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.902     Document Type: Article

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