Efficient near-infrared downconversion in GdVO4:Dy3 phosphors for enhancing the photo-response of solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1590-1593

  Yu, D C ^a   Ye, S ^a   Peng, M Y ^a   Zhang, Q Y ^a   Qiu, J R ^a   Wang, J ^b   Wondraczek, L ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Downconversion; Energy transfer; Luminescence; Rare earth ions; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHOTONS; DOWNCONVERSION; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NEAR INFRA RED; PHOTORESPONSES; RARE EARTH IONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METAL IONS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; RARE EARTHS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79955463621     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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