Tm{sup 3+}-sensitized up- and down-conversions in nano-structured oxyfluoride glass ceramics
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China)
- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS (United Kingdom)
Graphical abstract: Display Omitted Highlights: ► UC and DC are achieved in a single-ion sensitized phosphor for PV applications. ► The most intense fractions of AM 1.5G spectrum below/above c-Si bandgap are absorbed. ► The converted photons match the optimal spectral response of c-Si. -- Abstract: Tm{sup 3+}-sensitized up-conversion and down-conversion are studied in transparent glass ceramics embedded with β-YF{sub 3} nanocrystals. Upon excitation at 1220 nm, where crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells no longer absorb, the sub-bandgap photons could be converted to the higher-energy ones via up-conversion. In addition, under excitation at 468 nm (a wavelength close to the peak in the air-mass 1.5 global solar spectrum), one blue photon might be split in up to two near-infrared ones via down-conversion. In both cases, the frequency-converted photons match the spectral response of c-Si solar cell well. Hopefully, the investigated luminescent materials may act as the spectral conversion layers to reduce the sub-bandgap transmission and charge carrier thermalization losses of c-Si solar cells, and in turn, enhance the energy efficiency.
- OSTI ID:
- 22215692
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 47, Issue 12; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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