Experimental enhancement of the photocurrent in a solar cell using upconversion process in fluoroindate glasses exciting at 1480 nm

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-175

  Hernandez Rodriguez M A ^a   Imanieh, M H ^b,c   Martin L L ^a   Martin I R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Tehran Institute   (Iran)

^d Instituto Univ de Materiales y Nanotecnología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infrared; Solar cell; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; EMISSION BANDS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLUOROINDATE GLASS; PUMP POWER; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UP-CONVERSION PROCESS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ERBIUM; GLASS; INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR CELLS; YTTERBIUM;

PHOTOCURRENTS;

EID: 84878272548     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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