Efficiency enhancement of inverted polymer solar cells by doping NaYF 4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanocomposites in PCDTBT:PCBM active layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-132

  Guo, Wenbin ^a   Zheng, Kezhi ^a   Xie, Wenfa ^a   Sun, Lu ^a   Shen, Liang ^a   Liu, Chunyu ^a   He, Yeyuan ^a   Zhang, Zhihui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Er3+ nanocomposites; NaYF4:Yb3+; Scattering effect; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894600206     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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