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 …

Recent developments in solar energy-harvesting technologies for building integration and distributed energy generation

M Vasiliev, M Nur-E.-Alam, K Alameh - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
We present a review of the current state of the field for a rapidly evolving group of
technologies related to solar energy harvesting in built environments. In particular, we focus …

Direct synthesis of quaternary alkylammonium-capped perovskite nanocrystals for efficient blue and green light-emitting diodes

Y Shynkarenko, MI Bodnarchuk, C Bernasconi… - ACS energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cesium lead halide nanocrystals (CsPbX3 NCs) are new inorganic light sources covering
the entire visible spectral range and exhibiting near-unity efficiencies. While the last years …

Zero‐dimensional perovskite nanocrystals for efficient luminescent solar concentrators

H Zhao, R Sun, Z Wang, K Fu, X Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are able to efficiently harvest solar energy through
large‐area photovoltaic windows, where fluorophores are delicately embedded. Among …

Ultrafast narrowband exciton routing within layered perovskite nanoplatelets enables low-loss luminescent solar concentrators

M Wei, FPG de Arquer, G Walters, Z Yang, LN Quan… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
In luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) systems, broadband solar energy is absorbed,
down-converted and waveguided to the panel edges where peripheral photovoltaic cells …

Eco‐friendly colloidal quantum dot‐based luminescent solar concentrators

Y You, X Tong, W Wang, J Sun, P Yu, H Ji… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have attracted significant attention as promising
solar energy conversion devices for building integrated photovoltaic (PV) systems due to …

Review on the role of polymers in luminescent solar concentrators

Y Li, X Zhang, Y Zhang, R Dong… - Journal of Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The use of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) offers an alternative approach to
integrating photovoltaic technologies into the built environment. The research on LSCs has …

Hybrid silicon nanocrystals for color-neutral and transparent luminescent solar concentrators

R Mazzaro, A Gradone, S Angeloni, G Morselli… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
One of the most detrimental loss mechanisms in Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs) is
reabsorption of emitted light from the luminophore. Silicon Nanocrystals (SiNCs) offer a …

Quantum-cutting Yb 3+-doped perovskite nanocrystals for monolithic bilayer luminescent solar concentrators

TA Cohen, TJ Milstein, DM Kroupa… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) can concentrate direct and diffuse solar radiation
spatially and energetically to help reduce the overall area of solar cells needed to meet …

Recent advances in green fabrication of luminescent solar concentrators using nontoxic quantum dots as fluorophores

Z Li, X Zhao, C Huang, X Gong - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
As an effective alternative to a solar cell, luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have
received a lot of attention since they can cut the cost of photovoltaic cells and realize …