Upconversion mechanisms in rare-earth doped glasses to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1671-1677

  Lahoz, F ^a   Perez Rodriguez C ^a   Hernandez S E ^a   Martin I R ^a   Lavin V ^a   Rodriguez Mendoza U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Holmium; Silicon; Solar cells; Upconversion; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CELL EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC EXPERIMENT; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRONIC ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUOROINDATE GLASS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; NEAR INFRARED; PUMP POWER; RARE-EARTH DOPED GLASS; RATE-EQUATION ANALYSIS; SI SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UP-CONVERTER; UPCONVERSION MECHANISMS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; GLASS; HOLMIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; YTTERBIUM;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79955464763     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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