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Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors

In this study, we examined efforts to increase the photovoltaic performance of GaAs single-junction solar cells using spectral conversion layers, respectively, composed of europium-doped (Eu-doped) phosphors, ytterbium/erbium-doped (Yb/Er-doped) phosphors, and a combination of Eu-doped and Yb/Er-dop...

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Autores principales: Ho, Wen-Jeng, Liu, Jheng-Jie, Lin, Zong-Xian, Shiao, Hung-Pin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9111518
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author Ho, Wen-Jeng
Liu, Jheng-Jie
Lin, Zong-Xian
Shiao, Hung-Pin
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Liu, Jheng-Jie
Lin, Zong-Xian
Shiao, Hung-Pin
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description In this study, we examined efforts to increase the photovoltaic performance of GaAs single-junction solar cells using spectral conversion layers, respectively, composed of europium-doped (Eu-doped) phosphors, ytterbium/erbium-doped (Yb/Er-doped) phosphors, and a combination of Eu-doped and Yb/Er-doped phosphors. Spin-on film deposition was used to apply the conversion layers, all of which had a total phosphor concentration of 3 wt%. The chemical compositions of the phosphors were examined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The fluorescence emissions of the phosphors were confirmed by using photoluminescence measurements. Under laser diode excitation at 405 nm, we observed green luminescent downshift (LDS) emissions by Eu-doped phosphors at wavelengths of 479 nm to 557 nm, and under excitation at 980 nm, we observed red up-conversion (UC) emissions by Yb/Er-doped phosphors at wavelengths of 647 nm to 672 nm. The spectral conversion layers were characterized in terms of optical reflectance, external quantum efficiency, and photovoltaic current and voltage under AM 1.5 G simulations. The conversion efficiency of the cell combining Eu-doped and Yb/Er-doped phosphors (23.84%) exceeded that of the cell coated with Yb/Er-doped phosphors (23.72%), the cell coated with Eu-doped phosphors (23.19%), and the cell coated without phosphors (22.91%).
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spelling pubmed-69156942019-12-24 Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors Ho, Wen-Jeng Liu, Jheng-Jie Lin, Zong-Xian Shiao, Hung-Pin Nanomaterials (Basel) Article In this study, we examined efforts to increase the photovoltaic performance of GaAs single-junction solar cells using spectral conversion layers, respectively, composed of europium-doped (Eu-doped) phosphors, ytterbium/erbium-doped (Yb/Er-doped) phosphors, and a combination of Eu-doped and Yb/Er-doped phosphors. Spin-on film deposition was used to apply the conversion layers, all of which had a total phosphor concentration of 3 wt%. The chemical compositions of the phosphors were examined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The fluorescence emissions of the phosphors were confirmed by using photoluminescence measurements. Under laser diode excitation at 405 nm, we observed green luminescent downshift (LDS) emissions by Eu-doped phosphors at wavelengths of 479 nm to 557 nm, and under excitation at 980 nm, we observed red up-conversion (UC) emissions by Yb/Er-doped phosphors at wavelengths of 647 nm to 672 nm. The spectral conversion layers were characterized in terms of optical reflectance, external quantum efficiency, and photovoltaic current and voltage under AM 1.5 G simulations. The conversion efficiency of the cell combining Eu-doped and Yb/Er-doped phosphors (23.84%) exceeded that of the cell coated with Yb/Er-doped phosphors (23.72%), the cell coated with Eu-doped phosphors (23.19%), and the cell coated without phosphors (22.91%). MDPI 2019-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6915694/ /pubmed/31731440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9111518 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ho, Wen-Jeng
Liu, Jheng-Jie
Lin, Zong-Xian
Shiao, Hung-Pin
Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title_full Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title_fullStr Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title_short Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells by Applying a Spectral Conversion Layer Containing Eu-Doped and Yb/Er-Doped Phosphors
title_sort enhancing photovoltaic performance of gaas single-junction solar cells by applying a spectral conversion layer containing eu-doped and yb/er-doped phosphors
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9111518
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