Modifying the solar spectrum to enhance silicon solar cell efficiency -: An overview of available materials

被引:507
作者
Struempel, C.
McCann, M.
Beaucarne, G.
Arkhipov, V.
Slaoui, A.
Svrcek, V.
del Canizo, C.
Tobias, I.
机构
[1] Univ Konstanz, Dept Phys, D-78457 Constance, Germany
[2] IMEC, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
[3] InESS, Lab CNRS, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
[4] ETSI Telecommun, Inst Energia Solar UPM, Madrid 28040, Spain
关键词
silicon solar cells; third generation; up-conversion; down-conversion; photoluminescence;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2006.09.003
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
There are three ways in which the cell efficiency of silicon solar cells may be improved by better exploitation of the solar spectrum: down-conversion (cutting one high energy photon into two low energy photons), photoluminescence (shifting photons into wavelength regions better accepted by the solar cell) and up-conversion (combining low energy photons to one high energy photon). In this paper, we present the state of the art of these three methods and discuss the suitability of materials available today for application to silicon solar cells. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:238 / 249
页数:12
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