Rare-earth-activated glass ceramics for use as solar-cell down-converter layers

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Ristic, D. [1 ]
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[1] CNR, IFN, CMSFO Lab, Via Cascata 56-C, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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10.1393/ncc/i2012-11320-8
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O4 [物理学];
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The efficiency of a solar cell can be increased by using photon management to make better use of the solar spectrum. In particular the downconversion process which permits us to obtain two low-energy ( 980 nm) photons from one high-energy photon. In particular we present a system consisting of a 70 SiO2-30 HfO2 glass ceramic waveguide co-doped with Tb3+ and Yb3+ ions. We present the assesment of the energy transfer efficiency from an excited Tb3+ ion to two Yb3+ ions in its vicinity.
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