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SYNTHETIC METALS
卷 154, 期 1-3, 页码 61-64出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2005.07.021
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solar cells; photoluminescence; non-linear optical methods; waveguides; components; polarisers; windows
The application of luminescent devices to existing silicon solar cells has the potential to bridge the gap between first and third generation photovoltaics (PV) and enhance the energy conversion efficiency. Two mechanisms that limit the efficiencies of conventional solar cells are, firstly, the transmission of sub-bandgap light and, secondly, the thermalisation of charge carriers generated by the absorption of photons with an energy greater than the silicon bandgap (E-g) of the semiconductor. In this paper we discuss ways of reducing these losses via the application of passive optical devices called up- and down-converters, respectively. Down-conversion (DC) results in the generation of more than one lower energy photon (>E-g) being generated per incident high-energy photon (>2E(g)), while up-conversion (UC) generates one photon with energy >E-g for every two or more sub-bandgap (
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