Photon upconversion for photovoltaics and photocatalysis: a critical review: focus review

BS Richards, D Hudry, D Busko, A Turshatov… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …

Out of the blue: semiconductor laser pumped visible rare‐earth doped lasers

C Kränkel, DT Marzahl, F Moglia… - Laser & photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of semiconductor‐based pump sources such as InxGa1‐xN‐laser diodes or
frequency‐doubled optically pumped semiconductor lasers with emission wavelengths in …

Recent progress in quantum cutting phosphors

QY Zhang, XY Huang - Progress in materials Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Luminescent materials with the quantum efficiency (QE) higher than unity could be playing a
significant role in the progress of lighting industry and certain electronic display systems …

Laser-related spectroscopy of ion-doped crystals for tunable solid-state lasers

S Kück - Applied Physics B, 2001 - Springer
In this work an overview of transition metal (TM) ion-and rare earth (RE) ion-doped crystals
for application as tunable solid-state lasers will be given. Spectroscopic and laser results will …

Long-persistent far-UVC light emission in Pr 3+-doped Sr 2 P 2 O 7 phosphor for microbial sterilization

Y Zhang, S Yan, F Xiao, X Shan, X Lv… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the occurrence of global health events such as COVID-19, the development of high-
performance ultraviolet-C (UVC) light sources for efficient and convenient sterilization …

Development of ultraviolet-B long-lived persistent phosphors in Pr 3+-doped garnets

S Yan, Y Liang, J Liu, D Chen, S Miao, J Bi… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic luminescent materials that emit in the ultraviolet-B (UVB) region (280–320 nm)
have gained considerable attention in recent years because of the growing demands for …

Engineering light: advances in wavelength conversion materials for energy and environmental technologies

EL Cates, SL Chinnapongse, JH Kim… - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Upconversion photoluminescence (UC) occurs in optical materials that are capable of
absorbing low energy photons and emitting photons of higher energy and shorter …

Vacuum ultraviolet excitation and emission properties of and in Sr, and Ca) and predicting quantum splitting by in oxides and fluorides

E Van der Kolk, P Dorenbos, AP Vink, RC Perego… - Physical Review B, 2001 - APS
The excitation and emission properties of Pr 3+ and Ce 3+ doped M SO 4 (M 2+= Ca 2+, Sr
2+, and Ba 2+) were investigated at 293 and 10 K. The lowest 5 d level in CaSO 4: Pr 3+ is …

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

D Serrano, A Braud, JL Doualan, P Camy, A Benayad… - Optical Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
The codoping of KY3F10 with Pr3+ and Yb3+ ions is investigated as a possible quantum
cutting system to enhance solar cells efficiency. For one visible photon absorbed by Pr ions …

Upconversion under polychromatic excitation: Y2SiO5: Pr3+, Li+ converts violet, cyan, green, and yellow light into UVC

EL Cates, JH Kim - Optical Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to their unique ability to amplify photon energies, upconversion (UC) materials are
being studied for numerous potential applications to light-utilizing technologies. Many such …