High-Conversion-Efficiency Solar Cell Using Fluorescence of Rare-Earth Ions
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 35 (1B) , L90
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.35.l90
Abstract
An experiment was performed to obtain a high-conversion-efficiency solar cell by shifting UV-region sunlight to the visible region, in which the optical absorption and emission properties of rare-earth Eu activator ions were exploited. A thin disc of CaF2:Eu single crystal was used as an alternative to the antireflection (AR) film in a solar cell. The effectiveness of rare-earth ions was examined. Their relative efficiencies were found to be higher at Eu concentrations from 0.001 to 2 mol%, with a maximum value of 1.5 at 0.05 mol%, than those of nondoped crystal when subjected to low illuminance by a Xe-lamp-based solar simulator. For the purpose of putting the crystal to practical use as an AR film, rare-earth ions were implanted into CaF2 crystal at a dose of 1014–1015 ions/cm2 and an energy of up to 140 keV.Keywords
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