The application of luminescent down-shifting (LDS) has been shown to improve the short wavelength response of a variety of different photovoltaic devices. Cadmium sulphide/cadmium telluride (CdS/CdTe) heterojunction devices possess a great potential for improvement via LDS due to the parasitic absorption of blue light by the CdS buffer layer. This work is the first to investigate LDS applied to mini-modules (72 cm(2) active area) cut from full-size CdTe modules from a production line. The addition of LDS layers containing Lumogen Yellow 083 and Violet 570 dyes was demonstrated to increase the short circuit current density (J(SC)) of the mini-module by up to 9% relative. It was shown that the addition of the Yellow 083 dye alone more than doubles the short wavelength (300-500 nm) response of CdTe mini-modules. External quantum efficiency measurements are presented that clearly identified the wavelength range of photocurrent enhancement, while increased efficiency was confirmed with current-voltage (I-V) measurements. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.