Solar energy enhancement using down-converting particles: A rigorous approach

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Abrams, Ze'Ev R ^a   Niv, Avi ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; DOWNCONVERSION; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ENERGY ENHANCEMENT; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; LOSSLESS; LOWER ENERGIES; OUTPUT POWER; RIGOROUS APPROACH; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THERMODYNAMIC EVALUATION;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79959432193     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3592297     Document Type: Article

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