The spectral mismatch between solar cells and incident radiation is a fundamental factor
limiting their efficiencies. There exist materials and luminescent processes which can modify …

Solar energy has an enormous potential to solve society energy needs in a sustainable way.
Notably, photovoltaic systems (PV) permit to obtain electricity based on solar energy …

Single‐junction photovoltaic devices exhibit a bottleneck in their efficiency due to incomplete
or inefficient harvesting of photons in the low‐or high‐energy regions of the solar spectrum …

Exploring highly efficient near-infrared (NIR) emitting materials is desirable for the
advancement of next-generation smart NIR light sources. Different from most reported Cr3+ …

The present study focuses on the results on survey of exposure buildup factor, photon and
neutron shielding parameters for B, C and D series SiO 2–PbO–CdO-Ga 2 O 3 glasses …

According to some estimates, every hour, Sun provides planet Earth with more energy than
humankind consumes in a whole year. Part of this energy has been essential to ensure …

Using the well-known melt-quenching method, samples with the addition of 0.5 wt% of Nd 2
O 3 to the following compositions (in wt.%) were prepared: 85TeO 2–15ZnO (TZ), 85.0 TeO 2 …

Numerous investigations have been done in pursuing phosphors with quantum yield (QY)
greater than unity in terms of downconversion (DC) strategies, as well as applications in …

Yb3+-doped halide perovskites have recently emerged as extraordinarily promising
materials for solar spectral downconversion applications because of their extremely high …

A review of recent works with glasses and glass-ceramics having characteristics appropriate
to be used in various types of optical devices is presented. Germanate and tellurite glasses …