Core/shell structured NaYF 4:Yb 3+/Er 3+/Gd +3 nanorods with Au nanoparticles or shells for flexible amorphous silicon solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Li, Z Q ^a   Li, X D ^a   Liu, Q Q ^a   Chen, X H ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Liu, C ^b   Ye, X J ^b   Huang, S M ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Solar Energy Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; AU NANOSTRUCTURE; CORE/SHELL; ERBIUM LUMINESCENCE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; INFRA-RED IRRADIATION; LASER ILLUMINATION; NEAR INFRA RED; SIMPLE APPROACH; STEEL SUBSTRATE; UPCONVERTERS; VISIBLE UPCONVERSION;

ERBIUM; GADOLINIUM; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; YTTERBIUM;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 83755170626     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/2/025402     Document Type: Article

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