UV to NIR photon conversion in Nd-doped rutile and anatase titanium dioxide films for silicon solar cell application

Optical Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1419-1425

  Le Boulbar, E ^a   Millon, E ^a   Ntsoenzok, E ^b   Hakim, B ^b   Seiler, W ^c   Boulmer Leborgne, C ^a   Perriere J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CEMHTI   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Anatase; Down shifting; Neodymium; Photoluminescence; Rutile; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXCITONS; INFRARED DEVICES; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOWN SHIFTING; LOW TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; RUTILE; SELF TRAPPED EXCITONS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862162008     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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