Improved photovoltaic performance of monocrystalline silicon solar cell through luminescent down‐converting Gd2O2S:Tb3+ phosphor

• Published in: Progress in photovoltaics Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 640 - 651
• Main Authors: Meng, Fanchao, Dehouche, Zahir, Ireland, Terry G., Fern, George R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Composite materials; down‐conversion; Efficiency; Emission analysis; Energy conversion efficiency; ethylene vinyl acetate; Ethylene vinyl acetates; Field emission microscopy; Gadolinium; Gd2O2S:Tb3; Microscopy; Optical properties; Phosphors; Photoluminescence; Photovoltaic cells; Precursors; Quantum efficiency; Reflectance; rotary screen printing; Scanning electron microscopy; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Screen printing; Silicon; silicon solar cells; Solar cells; Terbium; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultraviolet spectra

This work reports on efforts to enhance the photovoltaic performance of standard p‐type monocrystalline silicon solar cell (mono‐Si) through the application of ultraviolet spectral down‐converting phosphors. Terbium‐doped gadolinium oxysulfide phosphor and undoped‐gadolinium oxysulfide precursor pow...