An increase of about 1% of the delivered power by a mono-crystalline commercial silicon solar cell has been obtained by coating the cell with an active poly-vinylacetate film doped with a light harvesting phenanthroline-Eu3+ complex. The dopant absorbs the UV component of the solar spectrum, where the silicon-based cells are almost blind, and emits red light that can be converted with an efficiency close to the maximum. This effect, achieved by a low cost encapsulation process, has been proven for the case of Air Mass 0 lighting conditions, and could be exploited also for terrestrial applications with the proper choice of the organic ligand. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Marchionna, S., Meinardi, F., Acciarri, M., Papagni, A., Binetti, S., Pizzini, S., et al. (2006). Photovoltaic quantum efficiency enhancement by light harvesting of organo-lanthanide complexes. JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 118(2), 325-329 [10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.09.010].
Photovoltaic quantum efficiency enhancement by light harvesting of organo-lanthanide complexes
MEINARDI, FRANCESCO;ACCIARRI, MAURIZIO FILIPPO;PAPAGNI, ANTONIO;BINETTI, SIMONA OLGA;PIZZINI, SERGIO;TUBINO, RICCARDO
2006
Abstract
An increase of about 1% of the delivered power by a mono-crystalline commercial silicon solar cell has been obtained by coating the cell with an active poly-vinylacetate film doped with a light harvesting phenanthroline-Eu3+ complex. The dopant absorbs the UV component of the solar spectrum, where the silicon-based cells are almost blind, and emits red light that can be converted with an efficiency close to the maximum. This effect, achieved by a low cost encapsulation process, has been proven for the case of Air Mass 0 lighting conditions, and could be exploited also for terrestrial applications with the proper choice of the organic ligand. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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