Broadband enhancement of light harvesting in a luminescent solar concentrator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1171-1176

  Xiao, Yun Feng ^a   Zou, Chang Ling ^b   Hu, Yi Wen ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Xiao, Lixin ^a   Sun, Fang Wen ^b   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Fermi golden rule; luminescent solar concentrator; purcell effect; slot waveguide

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION; FERMI-GOLDEN RULE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FULL-SPECTRUM; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH-INDEX; LARGE AREA DEVICES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LUMINESCENT CENTERS; LUMINESCENT PROCESS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; NANO SCALE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PURCELL EFFECT; PV SYSTEM; RAY OPTICS; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SOLAR PHOTONS; TANDEM STRUCTURE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOWCHARTING; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79960994630     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2158516     Document Type: Article

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