Research Article

Improving spectral response of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules using high efficient luminescent down-shifting Eu3+ complexes

  1. Jian Liu1,2,
  2. Kai Wang1,
  3. Wei Zheng1,
  4. Wei Huang1,
  5. Cheng-Hui Li1,2,*,
  6. Xiao-Zeng You1,2,*

Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/pip.1251

Issue

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volume 21, Issue 4, pages 668–675, June 2013

Additional Information

How to Cite

Liu, J., Wang, K., Zheng, W., Huang, W., Li, C.-H. and You, X.-Z. (2013), Improving spectral response of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules using high efficient luminescent down-shifting Eu3+ complexes. Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl., 21: 668–675. doi: 10.1002/pip.1251

Author Information

  1. 1

    State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

  2. 2

    Academician Work Station of Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

* Correspondence: Cheng-Hui Li and Xiao-Zeng You, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
E-mail: chli@nju.edu.cn; youxz@nju.edu.cn

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 MAY 2013
  2. Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 22 NOV 2011
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 22 NOV 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 MAY 2011

Funded by

  • National Basic Research Program of China. Grant Numbers: 2011CB933303, 2007CB925100, 2011CB808704
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 21021062, 91022031
  • Academician Workstation in Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., Jiangsu Province

SEARCH

SEARCH BY CITATION

ARTICLE TOOLS

View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (1067K)

Keywords:

  • luminescent down-shifting;
  • solar cell;
  • europium (III)

ABSTRACT

One way to improve the spectral response of solar cells in the ultraviolet (UV) region is to convert high energy photons into lower energy ones via luminescent down-shifting (LDS) technique. Eu3+ complexes are excellent LDS species because of their high luminescence quantum efficiency and large Stokes-shift. In this paper, we aim to optimize the LDS property of Eu3+ complexes for monocrystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules by chemical modification of the UV absorbing antenna ligands. Our results show that the LDS performances of Eu3+ complexes are strongly dependent on their absorption and emission properties. By carefully modifying the absorption and emission features, the LDS performances of Eu3+ complexes can be significantly improved. The spectroscopic features of the Eu3+ complex with a bispinene-containing bipyridyl ligand match well with the requirement of ideal LDS species for the c-Si PV module. Simple coating of polyvinyl acetate film doped with this complex onto the surface of c-Si PV module leads to increase of the external quantum efficiency in the UV region and enhancement of the PV module efficiency η (from 16.05% to 16.37%). Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (1067K)