Silicon nanocrystals as a photoluminescence down shifter for solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1224-1227

  Yuan, Zhizhong ^a,c   Pucker, Georg ^b   Marconi, Alessandro ^a   Sgrignuoli, Fabrizio ^a   Anopchenko, Aleksei ^a   Jestin, Yoann ^b   Ferrario, Lorenza ^b   Bellutti, Pierluigi ^b   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Photoluminescence; Photoluminescence down shifter; Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition; Silicon nanocrystal; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SI SOLAR CELLS; SI-RICH SILICON OXIDES; SILICON NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PLASMA DEPOSITION;

EID: 79951851265     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.035     Document Type: Article

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