Enhancing near-infrared solar cell response using upconverting transparentceramics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 800-803

  Liu, M ^a,b   Lu, Yalin ^a   Xie, Z B ^b   Chow, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Rare earth; Spectral response; YAG

Indexed keywords

CELL RESPONSE; CO-DOPED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; GREEN LIGHT; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SUB-BANDS; THIN DISK; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE; YAG;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ERBIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; YTTERBIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78650682933     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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