Improving spectral response of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules using high efficient luminescent down-shifting Eu3+ complexes

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 668-675

  Liu, Jian ^a,b   Wang, Kai ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Li, Cheng Hui ^a,b   You, Xiao Zeng ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory for Photovoltaic Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

europium (III); luminescent down shifting; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; EUROPIUMS (III); EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENT DOWN-SHIFTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SPECTROSCOPIC FEATURES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LIGANDS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; POLYVINYL ACETATES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS;

EUROPIUM;

EID: 84878192018     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1251     Document Type: Article

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