观测到一种以Tb^3+-Er^3+进行光谱转换的量子剪裁现象。一个高能紫外光子(Tb^3+的7F6→5L1)被量子剪裁成两个低能光子:一个是近红外光子(Er^3+的4I9/2→4I15/2),另一个是蓝色光子(Tb^3+的5D4→7F6),它们两个都可以被GaAs太阳能电池有效地吸收。量子剪裁效率高达188%,接近理论极限的200%。从Tb^3+(5L1→5D4)到Er^3+(4 I15/2→4 I9/2)的能量传递的能量失配是237 cm-1,比NaYF4中的声子能400 cm-1小,能量传递是近共振的。Tb^3+施主间的能量迁移可以近似地用扩散模型处理,从Tb^3+-Er^3+对之间能量传递的初始过程发现,偶极-偶极相互作用占主导地位。
In order to reduce thermal loss due to spectral mismatch of the solar cell absorption,the quantum cutting with Tb^3+-Er^3+ couples as spectral converters is experimentally observed.One high energy ultraviolet photon(7F6→5L1 of Tb^3+) is quantumly cut into two lower energy photons:one is in near-infrared(4I9/2→4I15 of Er^3+) and the other in blue region(5D4→7F6 of Tb^3+),both of which can be efficiently absorbed by solar cells.A quantum efficiency,ηQE of up to 188% is calculated which is close to the theoretical limit of 200%.The energy mismatch in the energy transfer from Tb^3+(5L1→5D4)to Er^3+(4I9/2→4I15/2) is 237 cm-1,less than a phonon energy of 400 cm-1 in NaYF4,making the energy transfer nearly resonant.The energy migration among Tb^3+ donors is treated approximately by the diffusion model and the initial process of energy transfer among the Tb^3+-Er^3+ couples is found to be dipole-dipole interactions.