Towards efficient spectral converters through materials design for luminescent solar devices

B McKenna, RC Evans - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐junction photovoltaic devices exhibit a bottleneck in their efficiency due to incomplete
or inefficient harvesting of photons in the low‐or high‐energy regions of the solar spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Red-emissive carbon quantum dots enable high efficiency luminescent solar concentrators

G Liu, M Zavelani-Rossi, G Han, H Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are large-area sunlight collectors for efficient solar-
to-electricity conversion. The key point for highly efficient LSCs is the choice of fluorophores …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, optical properties and applications of red/near-infrared carbon dots

Y Han, L Liccardo, E Moretti, H Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Compared to inorganic quantum dots, fluorescent carbon nanomaterials (C-dots) have
gained significant attention because of their unique optoelectrical properties and low toxicity …

Color-tunable multilayered laminated luminescent solar concentrators based on colloidal quantum dots

X Liu, D Benetti, J Liu, L Jin, F Rosei - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) are a promising technology for building integrated
photovoltaics (BIPV). Besides obtaining satisfactory efficiencies and aesthetic appeal, a …

Perovskite quantum dots integrated in large-area luminescent solar concentrators

H Zhao, Y Zhou, D Benetti, D Ma, F Rosei - Nano energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are considered a promising technology to reduce
the cost of electricity by decreasing the use of expensive photovoltaic materials, such as …

An overview of various configurations of Luminescent Solar Concentrators for photovoltaic applications

M Rafiee, S Chandra, H Ahmed, SJ McCormack - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) is an optical waveguide of transparent
host material doped with luminophores. LSC technology works by trapping incident solar …

High-efficiency colloidal quantum dot infrared light-emitting diodes via engineering at the supra-nanocrystalline level

S Pradhan, F Di Stasio, Y Bi, S Gupta… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) deliver a compelling performance
in the visible, yet infrared CQD LEDs underperform their visible-emitting counterparts …

Colloidal carbon dots based highly stable luminescent solar concentrators

Y Zhou, D Benetti, X Tong, L Jin, ZM Wang, D Ma… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles for luminescent solar concentrators-a review

P Moraitis, REI Schropp, W Van Sark - Optical Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The leader of todays solar energy revolution is undoubtedly the silicon photovoltaic (PV)
module. However, despite the immense progress in efficiency and the phenomenal drop of …

Spectral converters for photovoltaics–What's ahead

RAS Ferreira, SFH Correia, A Monguzzi, X Liu… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The effective incorporation of photovoltaic (PV) elements into the urban environment,
specifically in buildings, is a challenging process. Apart from the aesthetic limitations of …