Record efficient upconverter solar cell devices with optimized bifacial silicon solar cells and monocrystalline BaY2F8:30% Er3+ upconverter

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-134

  Fischer, Stefan ^a   Favilla, Elena ^b   Tonelli, Mauro ^b   Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3rd Generation photovoltaics; Broad band excitation; Quantum yield Erbium; Silicon solar cells; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; QUANTUM YIELD; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIFACIAL SILICON SOLAR CELL; BROAD BANDS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; MONOCHROMATIC IRRADIATION; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; UP-CONVERSION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921712442     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.023     Document Type: Article

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