Optimizing Er/Yb ratio and content in ErYb co-doped glass-ceramics for enhancement of the up- and down-conversion luminescence

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-215

  Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Rodriguez V D ^b   Mendez Ramos J ^b   Del Castillo, J ^b   Kirilenko, D ^c   Van Tendeloo, G ^c   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Down conversion of solar spectrum; Enhanced solar cells; Photoluminescence of rare earths; Quantum cutting; Transparent glass ceramics

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; DECAY KINETICS; DOWNCONVERSION; EXCITED LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; QUANTUM CUTTING; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TRANSPARENT GLASS CERAMICS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; GLASS CERAMICS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLAR RADIATION;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84857783900     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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