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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"luminescent solar concentrator"”.
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Luminescent solar concentrator structures for solar energy harvesting and radiation control
Luminescent solar concentrators are devices capable of converting some spectral components of solar radiation by luminescence and concentrating them before collection by photovoltaic. The aim of this thesis is to design, develop and demonstrate the principle of all-inorganic semitransparent …
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High efficiency luminescent solar concentrator with interconnected gallium indium phosphide micro solar cells
… its theoretical limit, multi-junction (MJ) and concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) technology may open up new possibilities for further improvements. MJ technology improves efficiency by decreasing losses due to the mismatch between the energy of incident photons and the bandgap of semiconductors. …
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Fabrication of a luminescent solar concentrator that minimizes self-absorption losses using inter-chromophore energy transfer
… power during this century is immense. Solar power offers the largest resource base to supply this need, but in light of recent silicon shortages, it is an open question whether silicon photovoltaics can keep pace with demand. The development of economical concentrators could relieve …
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Chromium (III), Titanium (III), and Vanadium (IV) sensitization of rare earth complexes for luminescent solar concentrator applications
… in a stationary system can be achieved with a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC). Neodymium (Nd) and ytterbium (Yb) are excellent infrared LSC materials: inexpensive, abundant, efficient, and spectrally well-matched to high-performance silicon solar cells. These rare earth ions are reasonably …
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Luminescent organic materials and their application in solar technologies
… photoluminescence from organic materials and the luminescent solar concentrator (LSC). In Chapter 2, we describe the red phosphorescence from a class of four structurally simple benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazoles in cyclohexane. The photophysical properties of these molecules are presented along with a …
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Ultra thin micro solar cells with concentration optics: fabrication, modeling and characterization
… material with relatively cheaper optics, a solar concentrator, and reduce the size of the active photovoltaic cells. The bulkiness of a conventional solar concentrator becomes pricy and impractical for certain applications. A micro solar cell array module was thus developed to overcome these …
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Fabrication and light management of microscale solar cells
… the fabrication of second-generation silicon solar microcells, with enhanced processing robustness and energy conversion efficiency by utilizing a thermally grown SiO2 material, which serves as both an etching/doping mask and a passivation/anti-reflection layer. Combined with a …
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Quantum dot polymer composite materials for light management in optoelectronic devices
… optoelectronic devices, including photovoltaic concentrators and LED display modules. Semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots (QDs), serve as the pivotal luminescent materials in these devices. A quantum dots encapsulation method was developed here to homogeneously disperse QDs in …
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High quality optical and optoelectronic materials for efficient light management and solar spectrum control and conversion
… of expensive materials and processing. Silicon solar microcells are re-designed to account for high series resistance and poor absorption. A back contact design significantly reduces the series resistance within the solar microcell and allows for an anti-reflection coating on the front surface …
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Sensitized energy transfer for organic solar cells, optical solar concentrators, and solar pumped lasers
… several advantages to the design of organic solar cells and luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) for the end goal of achieving a lower cost solar energy generation. This thesis explores three new device architectures to overcome limited solar absorption in singlet-exciton-fission based …
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Design of high-performance luminescent solar concentrators based on aggregation-induced emitters in organic-inorganic hybrid waveguides
Solar-harvesting systems that have the potential to be integrated into the urban built environment have attracted significant interest. However, traditional solar panels are not well-suited for many modern architectures, due to their bulky and rigid structure, and reduced performance in diffuse …
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Perovskite interfaces with protective zinc compounds – DFT computation and related experiments
… These advances are expected to enable efficient luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), paving the way for scalable solar energy harvesting in urban environments.
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Micro-photovoltaic materials and systems for solar energy harvesting and light management
… and grid discontinuities, however, suggest solar energy harvesting benefits from a balanced approach to expansion of both remote (i.e., solar farm) PV and on-site form factors. Transparent PV (TPV) for power generation on-site expands the reach of PV beyond the traditional building rooftop …