Downconversion for solar cells in YF3:Pr3+, Yb3+

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 373-381

  Aarts, Linda ^a   van der Ende, Bryan ^a,b   Reid, Michael F ^c   Meijerink, Andries ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Downconversion quantum cutting; Lanthanides; Luminescence; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955112536     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2010.486731     Document Type: Article

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