Broadband-sensitive Ni<sup>2+</sup>–Er<sup>3+</sup> based upconverters for crystalline silicon solar cells

Hom Nath Luitel, Shintaro Mizuno, Toshihiko Tani, Yasuhiko Takeda

RSC Advances · 2016 · 44 citations · 40 references

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The newly developed CaZrO<sub>3</sub>:Er<sup>3+</sup>,Ni<sup>2+</sup> broadband-sensitive upconverter utilizes 1060–1600 nm solar irradiation and can surpass the limiting efficiency of c-Si solar cells.

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