Efficient near-infrared quantum cutting in NaYF4: Ho3+, Yb 3+ for solar photovoltaics

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1749-1754

  Deng, Kaimo ^a   Gong, Tao ^a   Hu, Lingxun ^a   Wei, Xiantao ^a   Chen, Yonghu ^a   Yin, Min ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YTTERBIUM;

CROSS RELAXATION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTONS; QUANTUM CUTTING; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

FLUORIDE; SODIUM YTTRIUMTETRAFLUORIDE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORIDES; INFRARED RAYS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; YTTRIUM;

EID: 79851475437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001749     Document Type: Article

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