Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8146788 | Infrared Physics & Technology | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Near-infrared downconversion which can be used to improve the utilization of solar spectral has drawn much attention. In this work, chalcohalide glasses with compositions of 50GeS2-25Ga2S3-25CsCl (in mol.%): 0.1 wt.% Tm2 S3 - x wt.% Yb2S3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) were synthesized by vacuumed melt-quenching method. Absorption spectra, emission spectra, excitation spectra, and decay measurements were performed to prove the occurrence of cooperative energy transfer from the 1G4 level of Tm3+ ions to two Yb3+ ions. Quantum efficiency depends on Yb3+ concentration is calculated, and the highest is 114.1%. The photon energy of Yb3+ emission around 1 µm well matched with the operation band gap of the crystalline Si, so the glasses could potentially be applied in Si-based solar cell.
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Authors
Fei Huang, Liyan Chen, Ying Han, Junzhou Tang, Qiuhua Nie, Peiqing Zhang, Yinsheng Xu,