Highly transmissive luminescent down-shifting layers filled with phosphor particles for photovoltaics

Solodovnyk A, Forberich K, Stern E, Krc J, Topic M, Batentschuk M, Lipovsek B, Brabec C (2015)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2015

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Publisher: Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 5

Pages Range: 1296-1305

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1364/OME.5.001296

Abstract

We study the optical properties of polymer layers filled with phosphor particles in two aspects. First, we used two different polymer binders with refractive indices n = 1.46 and n = 1.61 (λ = 600 nm) to study the influence of Δn with the phosphor particles (n = 1.81). Second, we prepared two particle size distributions D = 12 μm and D = 19 μm. The particles were dispersed in both polymer binders in several volume concentrations and coated with thicknesses of 150-600 μm onto glass substrates. Experimental results and numerical simulations show that the layers of the higher refractive index binder with larger particles result in the highest optical transmittance in the visible light spectrum. Finally, we used numerical simulations to determine optimal layer composition for application in realistic photovoltaic devices.

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APA:

Solodovnyk, A., Forberich, K., Stern, E., Krc, J., Topic, M., Batentschuk, M.,... Brabec, C. (2015). Highly transmissive luminescent down-shifting layers filled with phosphor particles for photovoltaics. Optical Materials Express, 5(6), 1296-1305. https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.5.001296

MLA:

Solodovnyk, Anastasiia, et al. "Highly transmissive luminescent down-shifting layers filled with phosphor particles for photovoltaics." Optical Materials Express 5.6 (2015): 1296-1305.

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