The dynamic development of photovoltaic and photo-sensitive electronic devices is
constantly stimulated by material and technological advances. One of the key concepts that …

Luminescent down-shifting (LDS) layer was introduced to tackle the issue of poor short-
wavelength response of solar cell. Besides LDS effect, coating a LDS layer on the surface of …

Down-shifting (DS) has proven to be an effective technique to address thermalization losses
in photovoltaic devices. It involves the modification of the incident solar spectrum by …

The luminescent down-shifting (LDS) effect of a colloidal quantum dot layer on a dual
junction solar cell is explored and analyzed. A 5.47% enhancement of power conversion …

In this work we propose the determination of the maximum downshifting efficiency of any
new downshifter applied to photovoltaic (PV) devices in terms of downshifter concentration …

The development of highly efficient solar collectors requires modulating the light interactions
with the semiconducting materials. Incorporating luminescent species and metal …

This paper presents a scheme for the enhancement of silicon solar cells in terms of
luminescent emission band and photovoltaic performance. The proposed devices are …

The article presents experimental research focused on the improvement of solar cells
efficiency using the photoluminescence down-shifting effect. In the paper, the authors …

In the present work, different concentrations of trivalent erbium do** [0%–15%] into ZnS
nanophosphor was synthesized by co-precipitation method. Field emission scanning …

We theoretically design and study a structure of graphene/intrinsic amorphous-silicon
Schottky junction solar cell (Gr/ia-Si_SJSC) with top core/shell quantum dots (CSQDs). A …