Strong 1550 nm to visible luminescence in In/Er/Yb:LiNbO3 crystal considered as an upconverter for solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6652-6656

  Qian, Yannan ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Wang, Biao ^a   Zhang, Baofu ^a   Gao, Senpei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BACK TRANSFER; CLUSTER SITES; LINBO3 CRYSTALS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; RED EMISSIONS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892588357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45270k     Document Type: Article

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