Photovoltaic (PV) technologies for solar energy conversion represent promising routes to
green and renewable energy generation. Despite relevant PV technologies being available …

This paper discusses lanthanide doped luminescent materials which can modify the solar
spectrum to reduce the spectral losses encountered by PV (photovoltaic) devices and …

Currently, the world is facing an energy crisis. One of the techniques to fulfill the energy
demand is to increase the utilization of solar energy. For harvesting solar energy in large …

The efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells is strongly related to the spectral absorption and
photo-conversion properties of the cell's active material, which does not exploit the whole …

Transparent glass ceramics containing Ce3+–Yb3+ codoped Y3Al5O12 nanocrystals were
prepared, and their microstructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission …

This work introduces a method to effectively improve optical temperature detection of novel
Ca 3 Al 2 O 6: Yb 3+, Er 3+ through co-doping with Ba 2+, Mg 2+, Y 3+, La 3+ and Lu 3+ as …

In this work, a series of Mn 4+, Nd 3+ and Yb 3+ singly and co-doped Ca 3 La 2 W 2 O 12
(CLWO) phosphors were prepared using a high-temperature solid-state reaction approach …

The current study involved the dielectric, and sensor properties of trivalent europium (Eu 3+)
doped tricalcium aluminate (Ca 3 Al 2 O 6) Nanoparticles. These samples were synthesized …

A high efficiency infrared quantum cutting effect in a Tb3+–Yb3+ codoped silicon oxynitride
system is demonstrated. The thin films are deposited on Si substrates by reactive magnetron …

A quantum cutting mechanism for the sublinear near-IR power dependence property in Tb^
3+–Yb^ 3+ codoped NaYF_4 powders were investigated both experimentally and …