Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Large-Area Solar Windows Enabled by Massive Stokes-Shift Nanocluster Phosphors

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 1143-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimu Zhao ◽  
Richard R. Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Large-area luminescent solar concentrators based on ‘Stokes-shift-engineered’ nanocrystals in a mass-polymerized PMMA matrix

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Meinardi ◽  
Annalisa Colombo ◽  
Kirill A. Velizhanin ◽  
Roberto Simonutti ◽  
Monica Lorenzon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Pmma Matrix ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators

scholarly journals Gram-scale synthesis of carbon quantum dots with a large Stokes shift for the fabrication of eco-friendly and high-efficiency luminescent solar concentrators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiguang Zhao ◽  
Guiju Liu ◽  
Shujie You ◽  
Franco V. A. Camargo ◽  
Margherita Zavelani-Rossi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Optical Efficiency ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Large Stokes Shift ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Highly efficient large-area luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) were demonstrated using colloidal C-dots. The large-area LSC (225 cm2) exhibited an external optical efficiency of 2.2% (under natural sun irradiation, 60 mW cm−2).

scholarly journals Chemically Sustainable Large Stokes Shift Derivatives for High-Performance Large-Area Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Joule ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 1988-2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Mattiello ◽  
Alessandro Sanzone ◽  
Francesco Bruni ◽  
Marina Gandini ◽  
Valerio Pinchetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Large Stokes Shift ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators

scholarly journals Thin-Film Luminescent Solar Concentrator Based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer Fluorophore and Effect of Polymer Matrix on Device Efficiency

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3770
Author(s):  
Fahad Mateen ◽  
Namcheol Lee ◽  
Sae Youn Lee ◽  
Syed Taj Ud Din ◽  
Woochul Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Intramolecular Charge Transfer ◽  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrator ◽  
Transformative Approach

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) provide a transformative approach to integrating photovoltaics into a built environment. In this paper, we report thin-film LSCs composed of intramolecular charge transfer fluorophore (DACT-II) and discuss the effect of two polymers, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and poly (benzyl methacrylate) (PBzMA) on the performance of large-area LSCs. As observed experimentally, DACT-II with the charge-donating diphenylaminocarbazole and charge-accepting triphenyltriazine moieties shows a large Stokes shift and limited re-absorption losses in both polymers. Our results show that thin-film LSC (10 × 10 × 0.3 cm3) with optimized concentration (0.9 wt%) of DACT-II in PBzMA gives better performance than that in the PMMA matrix. In particular, optical conversion efficiency (ηopt) and power-conversion efficiency (ηPCE) of DACT-II/PBzMA LSC are 2.32% and 0.33%, respectively, almost 1.2 times higher than for DACT-II/PMMA LSC.

Red and yellow emissive carbon dots integrated tandem luminescent solar concentrators with significantly improved efficiency

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiurong Li ◽  
Haiguang Zhao ◽  
Xiujian Zhao ◽  
Xiao Gong
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Carbon Dots ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Solar Light ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) can collect solar light from a large area and concentrate it to their small-area edges mounted with solar cells for efficient solar-to-electricity conversion. Thus, LSCs show...

Perovskite quantum dots integrated in large-area luminescent solar concentrators

Nano Energy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiguang Zhao ◽  
Yufeng Zhou ◽  
Daniele Benetti ◽  
Dongling Ma ◽  
Federico Rosei
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators ◽  
Perovskite Quantum Dots

scholarly journals Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators Using Ln3+-Based Ionosilicas Towards Photovoltaic Windows

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Frias ◽  
Marita Cardoso ◽  
Ana Bastos ◽  
Sandra Correia ◽  
Paulo André ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Dyes ◽  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Optically Active ◽  
Lanthanide Ions ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Luminescent Solar Concentrators ◽  
Transparent Coatings

The integration of photovoltaic (PV) elements in urban environments is gaining visibility due to the current interest in developing energetically self-sustainable buildings. Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) may be seen as a solution to convert urban elements, such as façades and windows, into energy-generation units for zero-energy buildings. Moreover, LSCs are able to reduce the mismatch between the AM1.5G spectrum and the PV cells absorption. In this work, we report optically active coatings for LSCs based on lanthanide ions (Ln3+ = Eu3+, Tb3+)-doped surface functionalized ionosilicas (ISs) embedded in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). These new visible-emitting films exhibit large Stokes-shift, enabling the production of transparent coatings with negligible self-absorption and large molar extinction coefficient and brightness values (~2 × 105 and ~104 M−1∙cm−1, respectively) analogous to that of orange/red-emitting organic dyes. LSCs showed great potential for efficient and environmentally resistant devices, with optical conversion efficiency values of ~0.27% and ~0.34%, respectively.

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