A review on the role of materials science in solar cells

N Asim, K Sopian, S Ahmadi, K Saeedfar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
The demand for energy of modern society is constantly increasing. The desire for
environmental-friendly alternative energy resources with the least dependency on fossil …

Rare earth ions doped phosphors for improving efficiencies of solar cells

H Lian, Z Hou, M Shang, D Geng, Y Zhang, J Lin - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper discusses lanthanide doped luminescent materials which can modify the solar
spectrum to reduce the spectral losses encountered by PV (photovoltaic) devices and …

Sr3LiSbO6: Er3+ phosphors for green LEDs and solar cell applications

C Kumari, A Kumar, SK Sharma, J Manam - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, Er 3+ doped Sr 3 LiSbO 6 ceramics phosphors have been synthesized
by the solid-state method. Crystal structure and phase formation were analyzed from XRD …

Luminescence properties of Er 3+-doped transparent NaYb 2 F 7 glass-ceramics for optical thermometry and spectral conversion

F Hu, J Cao, X Wei, X Li, J Cai, H Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel Er3+-doped transparent NaYb2F7 glass-ceramics (GCs) were successfully fabricated
for the first time by a conventional melt-quenching technique with subsequent heat …

Understanding Energy Transfer Mechanisms for Tunable Emission of Yb3+-Er3+ Codoped GdF3 Nanoparticles: Concentration-Dependent Luminescence by Near …

D Xu, C Liu, J Yan, S Yang, Y Zhang - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Energy transfer (ET) is an important route to manage the population density of excited states,
giving rise to spectrally tunable emission that is valuable for multicolor imaging and …

Optimizing Nd/Er ratio for enhancement of broadband near-infrared emission and energy transfer in the Er3+–Nd3+ co-doped transparent silicate glass-ceramics

HK Dan, D Zhou, Z Yang, Z Song, X Yu, J Qiu - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The optimizing Nd/Er ratio for enhancement of broadband near-infrared (NIR)
emissions in the Er 3+–Nd 3+ co-doped SiO 2–AlF 3–BaF 2–TiO 2–CaCO 3 (SABTC) …

Effect of Ag nanoparticles growth on the downconversion emissions of erbium in TeO2-Nb2O5-ZnO-Ag2O glass system

K Alshehri, A Alasmari, SA Shalaby, A Maaoui… - Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
TeO 2 based glasses containing silver and doped by erbium ions were synthesized via the
melting-quenching process. These glasses were subjected to an annealing treatment during …

Downconversion mechanism in Er3+/Yb3+ codoped fluorotellurite glasses to enhance the efficiency of c-Si PV cells

M Bouzidi, A Maaoui, N Chaaben… - Journal of Non …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorotellurite glass codoped with erbium and ytterbium was elaborated through the melting-
quenching route. Through the DSC and Raman measurements, the investigated glass …

Tunable upconversion emission in NaLuF 4–glass-ceramic fibers doped with Er 3+ and Yb 3+

G Gorni, JJ Velázquez, M Kochanowicz, D Dorosz… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel glass-ceramic optical fibers containing NaLuF4 nanocrystals doped with 0.5 ErF3 and
2YbF3 (mol%) have been prepared by the rod-in-tube method and controlled crystallization …

Effect of the heat treatment on the spectroscopic properties of Er3+-Yb3+-doped transparent oxyfluoride nano-glass-ceramics

G Gorni, R Balda, J Fernández, L Pascual… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Er 3+-doped and Er 3+-Yb 3+-co-doped transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics
(GCs) containing LaF 3 nano-crystals (NCs) have been prepared by the melting-quenching …