Luminescent solar concentrators: challenges for lanthanide-based organic–inorganic hybrid materials

Nanophotonics and Nanochemistry: Controlling the Excitation Dynamics for Frequency Up- and Down-Conversion in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles

(2013) Guanying Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Photo–Click Chemistry to Design Highly Efficient Lanthanide β-Diketonate Complexes Stable under UV Irradiation

(2013) Patrícia P. Lima et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Scarcity of Rare Earth Elements

(2013) M. A. de Boer et al.   ChemSusChem

Hydrothermal synthesis of hexagonal-phase NaYF4: Er, Yb with different shapes for application as photovoltaic up-converters

(2013) Dong-Feng Wang et al.   Chinese Physics B

Rare earth ions doped phosphors for improving efficiencies of solar cells

(2013) Hongzhou Lian et al.   ENERGY

Recycling of rare earths: a critical review

(2013) Koen Binnemans et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Ray-Optics Modelling of Rectangular and Cylindrical 2-Layer Solar Concentrators

(2013) Giuseppe Colantuono et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Metal-enhanced fluorescence of mixed coumarin dyes by silver and gold nanoparticles: Towards plasmonic thin-film luminescent solar concentrator

(2013) S.M. El-Bashir et al.   JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE

Basic understanding of the lanthanide related upconversion emissions

(2013) Hao Dong et al.   Nanoscale

Visible to infrared energy conversion in Pr3+–Yb3+ co-doped fluoroindate glasses

(2013) L.J. Borrero-González et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Luminescent solar concentrators with fiber geometry

(2013) Oreane Y Edelenbosch et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optical modelling of the external quantum efficiency of solar cells with luminescent down-shifting layers

(2013) R. Rothemund   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Intriguing aspects of lanthanide luminescence

(2013) Jean-Claude G. Bünzli et al.   Chemical Science

Engineering highly efficient Eu(iii)-based tri-ureasil hybrids toward luminescent solar concentrators

(2013) Mariela M. Nolasco et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Upconversion in solar cells

(2013) Wilfried GJHM van Sark et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Up-Conversion Cell Imaging and pH-Induced Thermally Controlled Drug Release from NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+@Hydrogel Core–Shell Hybrid Microspheres

(2012) Yunlu Dai et al.   ACS Nano

Enhancing solar cell efficiency: the search for luminescent materials as spectral converters

(2012) Xiaoyong Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Luminescent coatings from bipyridine-based bridged silsesquioxanes containing Eu3+ and Tb3+ salts

(2012) Julien Graffion et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Quantum dots for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

(2012) Finn Purcell-Milton et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Power conversion efficiency enhancement in silicon solar cell from solution processed transparent upconversion film

(2012) Shi Chen et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Upconversion goes broadband

(2012) Xiaoji Xie et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Broadband dye-sensitized upconversion of near-infrared light

(2012) Wenqiang Zou et al.   Nature Photonics

Tandem polymer solar cells featuring a spectrally matched low-bandgap polymer

(2012) Letian Dou et al.   Nature Photonics

A discussion on spectral modification from visible to near-infrared based on energy transfer for silicon solar cells

(2012) Jiajia Zhou et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Ultra-high photoluminescent quantum yield of β-NaYF_4: 10% Er^3+ via broadband excitation of upconversion for photovoltaic devices

(2012) Sean K. W. MacDougall et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Quantum cutting in CaYAlO_4: Pr^3+, Yb^3+

(2012) A. Guille et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 40)

(2012) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Performance comparison of wedge-shaped and planar luminescent solar concentrators

(2012) Michael D. Hughes et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Luminescent solar concentrators – A low cost photovoltaics alternative

(2012) Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Planar photonic solar concentrators for building-integrated photovoltaics

(2012) Gudrun Kocher-Oberlehner et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Building integrated thin film luminescent solar concentrators: Detailed efficiency characterization and light transport modelling

(2012) J.W.E. Wiegman et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Dye-doped polysiloxane rubbers for luminescent solar concentrator systems

(2012) M. Buffa et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Dye-doped parylene-based thin film materials: Application to luminescent solar concentrators

(2012) G. Maggioni et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Modeling of downconverter based on Pr3+-Yb3+ codoped fluoride glasses to improve sc-Si solar cells efficiency

(2012) P. Song et al.   AIP Advances

Gallium Arsenide Solar Cell Absorption Enhancement Using Whispering Gallery Modes of Dielectric Nanospheres

(2012) Jonathan Grandidier et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Enhancing blue photoresponse in CdTe photovoltaics by luminescent down-shifting using semiconductor quantum dot/PMMA films

(2012) Simon D. Hodgson et al.   Nano Energy

Efficient Luminescent Down-Shifting Detectors Based on Colloidal Quantum Dots for Dual-Band Detection Applications

(2011) Scott M. Geyer et al.   ACS Nano

Rare-Earth Ion Doped Up-Conversion Materials for Photovoltaic Applications

(2011) Hai-Qiao Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near-infrared quantum cutting via resonant energy transfer from Pr3+ to Yb3+ in LaF3

(2011) K. Deng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

Shell layer dependence of photoblinking in CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots

(2011) Isnaeni et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Modulating the Photoluminescence of Bridged Silsesquioxanes Incorporating Eu3+-Complexedn,n′-Diureido-2,2′-bipyridine Isomers: Application for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

(2011) Julien Graffion et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Upconverter solar cells: materials and applications

(2011) J. de Wild et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Optimizing luminescent solar concentrator design

(2011) Hermilo Hernandez-Noyola et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solution, Solid State, and Film Properties of a Structurally Characterized Highly Luminescent Molecular Europium Plastic Material Excitable with Visible Light

(2011) Gaël Zucchi et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Efficient down- and up-conversion of Pr3+–Yb3+ co-doped transparent oxyfluoride glass ceramics

(2011) Q.J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Monte-Carlo simulations of light propagation in luminescent solar concentrators based on semiconductor nanoparticles

(2011) Derya Şahin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Spectroscopic characterization of red perylimide/surfactant nanocomposites

(2011) Franca Castiglione et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Efficient Near-Infrared Down-Conversion in Pr3+–Yb3+ Codoped Glasses and Glass Ceramics Containing LaF3 Nanocrystals

(2011) Yinsheng Xu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Improvement of conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells using up-conversion molybdate La2Mo2O9:Yb, R (R=Er, Ho) phosphors

(2011) Yen-Chi Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS

Photoluminescence and Energy Transfer of Eu2+, Cr3+ Co-Doped MgSrAl10O17

(2011) Li-Ming Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient dual mode multicolor luminescence in a lanthanide doped hybrid nanostructure: a multifunctional material

(2011) S K Singh et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future

(2011) Svetlana V. Eliseeva et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Enhancement of luminescence of Rhodamine B by gold nanoparticles in thin films on glass for active optical materials applications

(2011) Viktoria Levchenko et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

New optical material europium EDTA complex in polyvinyl pyrrolidone films with fluorescence enhanced by silver plasmons

(2011) Renata Reisfeld et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Plasmon enhanced upconversion luminescence near gold nanoparticles–simulation and analysis of the interactions

(2011) Stefan Fischer et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Cylindrical luminescent solar concentrators with near-infrared quantum dots

(2011) R. H. Inman et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Thin film optimization design of organic-inorganic hybrids for waveguide high-rejection optical filters

(2011) Carlos M. S. Vicente et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

High-rate deposition of a-Si:H thin layers for high-performance silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2011) Chie-Sheng Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)-Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12 Percent Efficiency

(2011) A. Yella et al.   SCIENCE

Europium complex doped luminescent solar concentrators with extended absorption range from UV to visible region

(2011) Xin Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Experimental analysis of upconversion with both coherent monochromatic irradiation and broad spectrum illumination

(2011) J.C. Goldschmidt et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Fabrication and full characterization of state-of-the-art quantum dot luminescent solar concentrators

(2011) Jana Bomm et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Flexible concentrator photovoltaics based on microscale silicon solar cells embedded in luminescent waveguides

(2011) Jongseung Yoon et al.   Nature Communications

Thirty Years of Luminescent Solar Concentrator Research: Solar Energy for the Built Environment

(2011) Michael G. Debije et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Near-Infrared Sunlight Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Via the Insertion of an Upconverter-TiO2 Nanocomposite Layer

(2010) Guo-Bin Shan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Orienting Zeolite L Microcrystals with a Functional Linker

(2010) Yu Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Viability of using near infrared PbS quantum dots as active materials in luminescent solar concentrators

(2010) G. V. Shcherbatyuk et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Efficient visible to infrared quantum cutting through downconversion with the Er3+–Yb3+ couple in Cs3Y2Br9

(2010) J. J. Eilers et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

White Luminescent Silica Layers: The Molecular Design Beneath

(2010) Lidia Armelao et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Clicked dipicolinic antennae for lanthanide luminescent probes

(2010) Zein El Abidine Chamas et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Hybridization of near-infrared emitting erbium(iii) and ytterbium(iii) monoporphyrinate complexes with silica xerogel: synthesis, structure and photophysics

(2010) Hongshan He et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Effect of the Interaction between Molecular Exciton and Localized Surface Plasmon on the Spectroscopic Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Coated with Cyanine Dye J-Aggregates

(2010) Akihito Yoshida et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Lanthanide NIR luminescence for telecommunications, bioanalyses and solar energy conversion

(2010) Jean-Claude G. Bünzli et al.   JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS

Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   NATURE

Optical amplification by upconversion in Tm–Yb fluoroindate glass

(2010) P. Haro-González et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

New developments in luminescence for solar energy utilization

(2010) Renata Reisfeld   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Ytterbium sensitization in KY3F10: Pr3+, Yb3+ for silicon solar cells efficiency enhancement

(2010) D. Serrano et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

2D back-side diffraction grating for improved light trapping in thin silicon solar cells

(2010) Jo Gjessing et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: II Horizontal alignment for energy harvesting in linear polarizers

(2010) C. L. Mulder et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: I Vertical alignment for improved waveguide coupling

(2010) C. L. Mulder et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Energy transfer mechanism for downconversion in the (Pr3+,Yb3+) couple

(2010) J. T. van Wijngaarden et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Interaction of luminescent dyes with noble metal nanoparticles in organic-inorganic glasses for future luminescent materials

(2010) Renata Reisfeld et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Morphologically controlled synthesis of colloidal upconversion nanophosphors and their shape-directed self-assembly

(2010) X. Ye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hybrid solar concentrator with zero self-absorption loss

(2010) Wenxuan Wu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Spectral-based analysis of thin film luminescent solar concentrators

(2010) Thomas Dienel et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Long-term stability of dye solar cells

(2010) Ravi Harikisun et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Enhancement of up-conversion efficiency by combining rare earth-doped phosphors with PbS quantum dots

(2010) A.C. Pan et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Enhanced near-infrared response of a-Si:H solar cells with β-NaYF4:Yb3+ (18%), Er3+ (2%) upconversion phosphors

(2010) J. de Wild et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Towards upconversion for amorphous silicon solar cells

(2010) J. de Wild et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Enhancing near-infrared solar cell response using upconverting transparentceramics

(2010) M. Liu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Controlling Light Emission in Luminescent Solar Concentrators Through Use of Dye Molecules Aligned in a Planar Manner by Liquid Crystals

(2009) Paul P. C. Verbunt et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Near-Infrared Quantum Cutting for Photovoltaics

(2009) Bryan M. van der Ende et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Europium complexes with high total photoluminescence quantum yields in solution and in PMMA

(2009) Omar Moudam et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lanthanide-Based Luminescent Hybrid Materials

(2009) Koen Binnemans   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Recent advances in the chemistry of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals

(2009) Feng Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Ligand-Assisted Rational Design and Supramolecular Tectonics toward Highly Luminescent Eu3+-Containing Organic−Inorganic Hybrids

(2009) Patrícia P. Lima et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Characterizing the light guiding of fluorescent concentrators

(2009) Jan Christoph Goldschmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Luminescence intensification of lanthanide complexes by silver nanoparticles incorporated in sol-gel matrix

(2009) Renata Reisfeld et al.   JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS

Strong emitting sol–gel materials based on interaction of luminescence dyes and lanthanide complexes with silver nanoparticles

(2009) R. Reisfeld et al.   JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wavelength conversion film with glass coated Eu chelate for enhanced silicon-photovoltaic cell performance

(2009) Takeshi Fukuda et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Field enhancement in metallic subwavelength aperture arrays probed by erbium upconversion luminescence

(2009) Ewold Verhagen et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Broadband conversion of visible light to near-infrared emission by Ce^3+, Yb^3+-codoped yttrium aluminum garnet

(2009) Xiaofeng Liu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Lanthanide ions as spectral converters for solar cells

(2009) Bryan M. van der Ende et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Encapsulating Eu3+complex doped layers to improve Si-based solar cell efficiency

(2009) Alessia Le Donne et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals

(2009) Peter Reiss et al.   Small

Lanthanide-Containing Light-Emitting Organic-Inorganic Hybrids: A Bet on the Future

(2008) Luís D. Carlos et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Plasmon-controlled fluorescence: a new paradigm in fluorescence spectroscopy

(2008) Joseph R. Lakowicz et al.   ANALYST

Photopatternable Di-ureasil−Zirconium Oxocluster Organic−Inorganic Hybrids As Cost Effective Integrated Optical Substrates

(2008) Daniela C. Oliveira et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Advanced Material Concepts for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

(2008) B.C. Rowan et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Photoluminescent hybrid thin films fabricated with lanthanide ions covalently bonded silica

(2008) Bing Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Photoinduced proton transfer coupled with energy transfer: Mechanism of sensitized luminescence of terbium ion by salicylic acid doped in polymer

(2008) Vinita Misra et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Co-operative downconversion luminescence in Tm3+/Yb3+ : SiO2–Al2O3–LiF–GdF3glasses

(2008) G Lakshminarayana et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

(2008) Ute Resch-Genger et al.   NATURE METHODS

Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence of dye molecules

(2008) Monica Iosin et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Luminescent Solar Concentrators - A review of recent results

(2008) Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

A luminescent solar concentrator with 7.1% power conversion efficiency

(2008) L. H. Slooff et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Using gold colloid nanoparticles to modulate the surface enhanced fluorescence of Rhodamine B

(2008) Jian Zhu et al.   PHYSICS LETTERS A

High-Efficiency Organic Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaics

(2008) M. J. Currie et al.   SCIENCE

Photoluminescence of bulks and thin films of Eu3+-doped organic/inorganic hybrids

(2007) E. Pecoraro et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Photonic and nanobiophotonic properties of luminescent lanthanide-doped hybrid organic–inorganic materials

(2007) Purificación Escribano et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY