The use of the adding-doubling method for the optical optimization of planar luminescent down shifting layers for solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Leyre, Sven ^a,b   Cappelle, Jan ^a   Durinck, Guy ^a,b   Abass, Aimi ^c   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Deconinck, Geert ^a   Hanselaer, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SIM (Flemish Strategic Initiative on Materials) SOPPOM Program   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS;

DIRECT EVALUATIONS; ENCAPSULATED CELL; GALLIUM SELENIDES; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MONTE-CARLO RAY TRACING; OPTICAL OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHOR PARTICLES; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84899813060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.00A765     Document Type: Article

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