Increased upconversion response in a-Si:H Solar cells with broad-band light

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  De Wild, J ^a   Duindam, T F ^a   Rath, J K ^a   Meijerink, A ^a   Van Sark, W G J H M ^b   Schropp, R E I ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Urban Futures Studio   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; infrared response; luminescence; photovoltaic cell

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; BROAD BANDS; DAILY LIVES; I - V CURVE; INFRARED RESPONSE; LIGHT EXCITATION; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTONS; PHOTORESPONSES; SOLAR SIMULATOR; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERTER;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ENERGY GAP; ERBIUM; GADOLINIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; YTTERBIUM;

LIGHT;

EID: 84871726851     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2213799     Document Type: Article

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