Table 5.
Photovoltaic performance of bare silicon solar cell, silicon solar cell coated with SiO2 layer, and silicon solar cells with SiO2 layer mixed with (a) one species and (b) two species of 3 wt % Eu-doped silicate phosphors.
| (a) | ||||||
| Silicon Solar Cell | Voc (mV) | Jsc (mA/cm2) | Fill Factor (FF) (%) | η (%) | ΔJsc (%) | Δη (%) |
| Bare Solar Cell-1 (SC-1) | 541.3 | 26.92 | 76.45 | 11.14 | 8.51 | 10.23 |
| SC-1/SiO2 | 544.8 | 29.21 | 77.22 | 12.28 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-2 (SC-2) | 539.9 | 27.74 | 78.79 | 11.80 | 11.64 | 11.69 |
| SC-2/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-512 nm | 545.4 | 30.97 | 78.07 | 13.18 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-3 (SC-3) | 538.4 | 28.16 | 78.54 | 11.90 | 12.43 | 13.03 |
| SC-3/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-550 nm | 544.2 | 31.66 | 78.08 | 13.45 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-4 (SC-4) | 542.3 | 28.24 | 78.21 | 11.97 | 15.08 | 14.79 |
| SC-4/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-610 nm | 549.1 | 32.50 | 77.01 | 13.74 | ||
| (b) | ||||||
| Silicon Solar Cell | Voc (mV) | Jsc (mA/cm2) | FF (%) | η (%) | ΔJsc (%) | Δη (%) |
| Bare Solar Cell-1 (SC-1) | 541.3 | 26.92 | 76.45 | 11.14 | 8.51 | 10.23 |
| SC-1/SiO2 | 544.8 | 29.21 | 77.22 | 12.28 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-2 (SC-2) | 536.6 | 27.83 | 75.0 | 11.20 | 13.58 | 14.02 |
| SC-2/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-512 + 550 nm | 535.5 | 31.61 | 75.5 | 12.77 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-3 (SC-3) | 537.3 | 27.08 | 77.1 | 11.22 | 15.81 | 16.49 |
| SC-3/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-550 + 610 nm | 544.3 | 31.36 | 76.5 | 13.07 | ||
| Bare Solar Cell-4 (SC-4) | 538.8 | 26.66 | 77.5 | 11.11 | 19.39 | 19.35 |
| SC-4/Eu-doped silicate phosphor-512 + 610 nm | 545.8 | 31.83 | 76.4 | 13.26 | ||