Photon down-conversion in Terbium(III)-doped thin dielectric films and fluorozirconate glasses for thin film solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baumgartner, K ^a   Ahrens, B ^b   Angelov, O ^c   Sendova Vassileva, M ^c   Dimova Malinovska, D ^c   Hollander B ^a   Schweizer, S ^b,d   Carius, R ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS CSP   (Germany)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

down conversion; terbium doping; thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ACTIVE LAYER; AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; COSPUTTERING; DOPING LEVELS; DOPING THIN FILMS; DOWN-CONVERSION; EMISSION BANDS; EMISSION PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUOROZIRCONATE GLASS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL RANGE; THERMAL TREATMENT; THIN DIELECTRIC FILM; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC FILMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; PHOTONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TERBIUM; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

TERBIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77953804798     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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