Enhanced near-infrared response of a-Si:H solar cells with β-NaYF4:Yb3+ (18%), Er3+ (2%) upconversion phosphors

Improving solar cell efficiencies by up-conversion of sub-band-gap light

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Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Energy Efficiency +11

Application of NaYF4:Er3+ up-converting phosphors for enhanced near-infrared silicon solar cell response

Avi Shalav, Bryce S. Richards, Thorsten Trupke et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 2004 · 683 citations

Optical Materials, Up-conversion Phosphors, Engineering +21

Anomalous power dependence of sensitized upconversion luminescence

J.F. Suyver, Annina Aebischer, Sara García‐Revilla et al. · Physical Review B · 2005 · 438 citations

Engineering, Excitation Energy Transfer, Chemistry +16

Upconversion-pumped luminescence efficiency of rare-earth-doped hosts sensitized with trivalent ytterbium

Ralph H. Page, Kathleen I. Schaffers, P. A. Waide et al. · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · 1998 · 306 citations

Rare Earth Mineral, Optical Materials, Engineering +17

Efficiency enhancement of solar cells by luminescent up-conversion of sunlight

Thorsten Trupke, Avi Shalav, Bryce S. Richards et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2006 · 292 citations

Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering +7