Nonimaging Optical Gain in Luminescent Concentration through Photonic Control of Emission Étendue

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 746-753

  Shen, Yufei ^a,b   Jia, Yufei ^a   Sheng, Xing ^c   Shen, Ling ^d   Rogers, John A ^c   Giebink, Noel C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

luminescence; microcavity; nonimaging optics; photovoltaics; solar concentration; spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MICROCAVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONICAL EMISSION; LUMINESCENT THIN FILMS; NON-IMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL SOLUTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RADIATION DETECTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84908580769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph500196r     Document Type: Article

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