Developing efficient upconverter silicon solar cell devices

Jan C. Goldschmidt, Urs Aeberhard, Richard Capek, Michael G. Debije, Wiel Evers, Stefan Fischer, Benjamin Fröhlich, Martin Hermle, Barbara Herter, Aruna Ivaturi, Karl W. Krämer, Efrat Lifshitz, Rosa Martín-Rodríguez, Sean K. MacDougall, Andries Meijerink, Etienne Moulin, Thomas Müller, Ulrich Paetzold, Bryce S. Richards, Sebastian WolfMarek Warzecha, Claudia Wouters, Yiming Zhao

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Abstract

Advanced systems for harvesting sub-bandgap photons via upconversion were investigated, comprising improved upconverter materials, adapted silicon solar cells, nanocrystalline quantum dots and spectrally selective photonic crystals. Upconversion increased JSC by 13.3±3.0 mA/cm2 at 207±86 suns.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2013
Place of PublicationWashington, DC
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Print)9781557529862
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventOptical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2013 - Tucson, United States
Duration: 3 Nov 20137 Nov 2013

Conference

ConferenceOptical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTucson
Period3/11/137/11/13

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