Upconversion in solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Sark, Wilfried G J H M ^a   de Wild, Jessica ^b   Rath, Jatin K ^b   Meijerink, Andries ^b   Schropp, Ruud E I ^b,c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lanthanides; Photovoltaics; Spectral modification; Thin film silicon; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; HOST MATERIALS; LUMINESCENT DYES; NANOSIZED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SPECTRAL CONVERSION; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; UP-CONVERSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 85086764290     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-81     Document Type: Article

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