An efficient light converter YAB:Cr<sup>3+</sup>,Yb<sup>3+</sup>/Nd<sup>3+</sup> with broadband excitation and strong NIR emission for harvesting c-Si-based solar cells

Pujun Liu, Jie Liu, Xiao Zheng, Hongde Luo, Xiaoqing Li, Zhiling Yao, Xibin Yu, Xiumeng Shi, Binghu Hou, Yusheng Xia

Journal of Materials Chemistry C · 2014 · 66 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

The Cr<sup>3+</sup>–Yb<sup>3+</sup> co-doped YAB could convert almost high-energy UV-Vis photons into low-energy NIR photons efficiently, which benefits the enhancement of silicon solar photovoltaic conversion efficiency.

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