Enhancement of silicon solar cell efficiency by upconversion: Optical and electrical characterization

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fischer, S ^a   Goldschmidt, J C ^a   Loper P ^a   Bauer, G H ^b   Bruggemann R ^b   Kramer K ^c   Biner, D ^c   Hermle, M ^a   Glunz, S W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUBBAND-GAP; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERTER; UPPER LIMITS; YTTRIUM FLUORIDE;

ERBIUM; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; YTTRIUM;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956299440     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3478742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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