Luminescent solar concentrators - A review of recent results

Wilfried G.J.H.M. Van Sark; Keith W.J. Barnham; Lenneke H. Slooff; Amanda J. Chatten; Andreas Büchtemann; Andreas Meyer; Sarah J. McCormack; Rolf Koole; Daniel J. Farrell; Rahul Bose; Evert E. Bende; Antonius R. Burgers; Tristram Budel; Jana Quilitz; Manus Kennedy; Toby Meyer; C. De Mello Donegá; Andries Meijerink; Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

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Luminescent solar concentrators - A review of recent results

Wilfried G.J.H.M. Van Sark, Keith W.J. Barnham, Lenneke H. Slooff, Amanda J. Chatten, Andreas Büchtemann, Andreas Meyer, Sarah J. McCormack, Rolf Koole, Daniel J. Farrell, Rahul Bose, Evert E. Bende, Antonius R. Burgers, Tristram Budel, Jana Quilitz, Manus Kennedy, Toby Meyer, C. De Mello Donegá, Andries Meijerink, Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

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Abstract

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) generally consist of transparent polymer sheets doped with luminescent species. Incident sunlight is absorbed by the luminescent species and emitted with high quantum efficiency, such that emitted light is trapped in the sheet and travels to the edges where it can be collected by solar cells. LSCs offer potentially lower cost per Wp. This paper reviews results mainly obtained within the framework of the Fullspectrum project. Two modeling approaches are presented, i.e., a thermodynamic and a ray-trace one, as well as experimental results, with a focus on LSC stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21773-21792
Number of pages	20
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	16
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.021773
Publication status	Published - 22 Dec 2008

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Van Sark, W. G. J. H. M., Barnham, K. W. J., Slooff, L. H., Chatten, A. J., Büchtemann, A., Meyer, A., McCormack, S. J., Koole, R., Farrell, D. J., Bose, R., Bende, E. E., Burgers, A. R., Budel, T., Quilitz, J., Kennedy, M., Meyer, T., De Mello Donegá, C., Meijerink, A., & Vanmaekelbergh, D. (2008). Luminescent solar concentrators - A review of recent results. Optics Express, 16(26), 21773-21792. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.021773

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