Hydrothermal synthesis of Eu 3+-doped Y(OH) 3 nanotubes as downconversion materials for efficiency enhancement of screen-printed monocrystalline silicon solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 697-699

  Cheng, Chin Lung ^a   Yang, Jung Yen ^b  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downconversion materials; Hydrothermal synthesis; Screen printed; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

DOWNCONVERSION; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; FRONT SURFACES; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; SCREEN-PRINTED; SPIN CAST; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EUROPIUM; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84862793546     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2187771     Document Type: Article

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