Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have developed rapidly over the past few years, and the power
conversion efficiency of PSCs has exceeded 20%. Such high performance can be attributed …

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

Recent startling interest for lanthanide luminescence is stimulated by the continuously
expanding need for luminescent materials meeting the stringent requirements of …

Nanochemistry and nanomaterials provide numerous opportunities for a new generation of
photovoltaics with high solar energy conversion efficiencies at low fabrication cost. Quantum …

Luminescent materials with the quantum efficiency (QE) higher than unity could be playing a
significant role in the progress of lighting industry and certain electronic display systems …

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, one of the major limits for the efficiency improvement of solar cells is ascribed to
the spectral mismatch between the incident solar photon spectrum and the band gap of …

Yb 3+-doped inorganic metal-halide perovskites (Y b 3+: CsPb X 3, X= Cl, Br) have recently
been discovered to display highly efficient quantum cutting, in which the energy from …

Ligands on the nanoparticle surface provide steric stabilization, resulting in good dispersion
stability. However, because of their highly dynamic nature, they can be replaced irreversibly …

Lanthanide-based photon-cutting phosphors absorb high-energy photons and 'cut'them into
multiple smaller excitation quanta. These quanta are subsequently emitted, resulting in …