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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol.56, No.1, 1-6, 1998
Energy conversion efficiency of solar cells coated with fluorescent coloring agent
A coating of fluorescent coloring agent (FCA) on the solar cells gives 30% increase in the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell. This increase is attributable to the reduction of the reflection of incident light. The reflectances show low values at the excitation wavelengths, where the incident light is absorbed to excite the FCA. The fluorescence quantum yield for a dried FCA was much larger than that for FCAs dissolved in paint thinner.