Efficient optical extraction of hot-carrier energy

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saeed, S ^a   De Jong, E M L D ^a   Dohnalova, K ^a   Gregorkiewicz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON;

COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL EXTRACTION; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84907329207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5665     Document Type: Article

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