Enhancement of up-conversion efficiency by combining rare earth-doped phosphors with PbS quantum dots

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1923-1926

  Pan, A C ^a   Del Canizo C ^a   Canovas E ^a   Santos, N M ^b   Leitao J P ^b   Luque, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bifacial; Quantum dots; Silicon; Solar cells; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

BIFACIAL; BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRAL REGION; SPIN-ON; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; UP-CONVERTER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISSOLUTION; GELS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORS; RARE EARTHS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICONES; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77957131217     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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