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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) can serve as large-area sunlight collectors for photovoltaic (PV) cells, reducing the cost of PV generated power. Typical LSCs consist of optical waveguides doped with highly emissive fluorophores e.g. quantum dots (QDs) or dyes/polymers which are required to exhibit high optical efficiency and long-term stability. Compared to conventional fluorophores, carbon dots (C-dots) have superior advantages of non-toxicity, environmental friendliness, low-cost and simple preparation using abundant carbon based feedstock. Here, we demonstrate large-area LSCs (up to 100 cm²) using colloidal C-dots. Two types of LSCs were fabricated by either incorporating oil-soluble oleylamine-treated C-dots into photo-polymerized poly(lauryl methacrylate) (PLMA) or spin-coating the water-soluble C-dots/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) mixture on the glass substrate. LSCs based on C-dots/PLMA …