Nd:SrTiO 3 thin films as photon downshifting layers for photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-74

  Fix, T ^a   Rinnert, H ^b   Blamire, M G ^a   Slaoui, A ^c   MacManus Driscoll, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Downconversion; Downshifting; Neodymium; Photoluminescence; Silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

DOWNCONVERSION; DOWNSHIFTING; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ND-DOPED; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SRTIO; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON;

NEODYMIUM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84861092260     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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