So silicon diodes can absorb sunlight shorter that 1.121 microns wavelength, down to at least 400 nm and create
a photocurrent in a «solar cell».
The upconversion nanorods can preferentially harvest the IR solar photons, followed by the absorption of emitted high - energy photons to generate extra
photocurrent in solar cells.
Not exact matches
«Smart new method to manufacture organic solar cells: Asymmetric
photocurrent extraction
in semitransparent laminated flexible organic solar cells.»
The researchers found a substantial light - induced dilation
in a molecular material at room temperature, accompanied by simultaneous
photocurrent generation.
«Loss mitigation
in plasmonic solar cells: aluminium nanoparticles for broadband
photocurrent enhancements
in GaAs photodiodes» is published by N P Hylton et al
in Nature Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038 / srep02874
Using photoconductive atomic force microscopy to study the structures of the cells at the nanoscale level, the researchers were able to map
photocurrent generation and open circuit voltage
in the active layer of the solar cell — two properties that affect the conversion efficiency.
So any photon of shorter wavelength than 1.121 microns, can be absorbed
in bulk silicon, and release carriers, to be transported across a PN junction; to create a
photocurrent flow.