Luminescent down‐shifting experiment and modelling with multiple photovoltaic technologies

1 School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom. 2 PV Lighthouse, Coledale, NSW 2515, Australia 3 ITW Technology Center, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL, 60026, USA 4 ITW Performance Polymers & Fluids, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Boston, MA, 01923, USA 5 School of Materials, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania

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