Enhanced performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by utilization of an external, bifunctional layer consisting of uniform β-NaYF 4:Er 3+/Yb 3+ nanoplatelets

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3239-3243

  Shan, Guo Bin ^a   Assaaoudi, Hassane ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; external layer; hydrothermal; nanoplatelets; NaYF 4:Er 3+ Yb 3+; reflection; up conversion

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXTERNAL LAYERS; HYDROTHERMAL; NANO-PLATELETS; NAYF 4:ER 3+/YB 3+; UP-CONVERSION;

ERBIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84855405036     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am200537e     Document Type: Article

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