Improving the Short-Wavelength Spectral Response of Silicon Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of YVO4:Eu3+ Downshifting Phosphor Nanoparticles

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1373-1379

  Chander, Nikhil ^a   Sardana, Sanjay K ^a   Parashar, Piyush K ^a   Khan, A F ^b   Chawla, Santa ^c   Komarala, Vamsi K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Downshifting; phosphor nanoparticles; silicon solar cell; spray deposition

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; EUROPIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

DOWNSHIFTING; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SHORT WAVELENGTHS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84940047005     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2438633     Document Type: Article

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