Progress on up- and down-converted fluorescence in rare-doped fluorozirconate-based glass ceramics for high efficiency solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schweizer, Stefan ^a,b   Henke, Bastian ^a,b   Ahrens, Bernd ^b   Paßlick, Christian ^a   Miclea, Paul T ^a,b   Wenzel, Johannes ^c   Reisacher, Eduard ^c   Pfeiffer, Wulf ^c   Johnson, Jacqueline A ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS CSP   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Er and Eu doping; fluorozirconate glasses and glass ceramics; silicon solar cell; up and down conversion

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ATTRACTIVE SYSTEMS; CHLORINE IONS; DOWN-CONVERTERS; DOWNCONVERSION; ER- AND EU-DOPING; ER-DOPED; ER-DOPING; FLUOROZIRCONATE GLASS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INTENSE BLUE; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PHASE CHANGE; SPECTRAL RANGE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TRANSPARENT GLASS; ULTRA-VIOLET; UP-CONVERSION; UV SPECTRAL RANGES;

CHLORINE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; GLASS CERAMICS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953753825     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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