Luminescent solar concentrators for building integrated photovoltaics: opportunities and challenges

BS Richards, IA Howard - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This review examines the application of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) for building
integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), both in terms of opaque façade elements and as semi …

Current status and perspective of colored photovoltaic modules

H Lee, HJ Song - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaic (PV) systems, which directly convert solar light into electricity, are one of the
most attractive renewable energy sources to fulfill the increased demand for clean energy …

Lanthanide complexes based on β-diketonates and a tetradentate chromophore highly luminescent as powders and in polymers

ES Andreiadis, N Gauthier, D Imbert… - Inorganic …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A new type of octacoordinated ternary β-diketonates complexes of terbium and europium
has been prepared using the anionic tetradentate terpyridine-carboxylate ligand (L) as a …

Solar spectral conversion based on plastic films of lanthanide-doped ionosilicas for photovoltaics: down-shifting layers and luminescent solar concentrators

MA Cardoso, SFH Correia, AR Frias… - Journal of Rare …, 2020 - Elsevier
The mismatch between the photovoltaic (PV) cells absorption and the solar irradiance on
earth is one of the major limitations towards more efficient PV energy conversion. This …

Luminescent down‐shifting experiment and modelling with multiple photovoltaic technologies

D Alonso‐Álvarez, D Ross, E Klampaftis… - Progress in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent down shifting (LDS) is a viable way for improving the short‐wavelength
response of many photovoltaic technologies, such as cadmium telluride, copper‐indium …

Enhancement of silicon solar cells by downshifting with Eu and Tb coordination complexes

T Fix, A Nonat, D Imbert, S Di Pietro… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent lanthanide‐doped oxides, nanoparticles, nanocrystals, and coordination
complexes are major tools in the fields of optical and laser materials, telecommunications …

Investigation of host polymers for luminescent solar concentrators

M Zettl, O Mayer, E Klampaftis… - Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most important elements of a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) is the host
material. In this work, we investigate the key optical properties of eight polymeric host …

One pot synthesis of low cost emitters with large Stokes' shift

G Volpi, G Magnano, I Benesperi, D Saccone, E Priola… - Dyes and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A series of 1, 3-diarylated imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridine derivatives were synthesized in
high yields by a one-pot, three components, condensation of phenyl (pyridin-2-yl) …

A Review of Photovoltaic Module Failure and Degradation Mechanisms: Causes and Detection Techniques

H Al Mahdi, PG Leahy, M Alghoul, AP Morrison - Solar, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the global increase in the deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules in recent years, the
need to explore and understand their reported failure mechanisms has become crucial …

Efficiency improvement of Si solar cells using metal-enhanced nanophosphor fluorescence

JY Chen, CK Huang, WB Hung, KW Sun… - Solar energy materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Eu 2+-doped barium silicate (Ba 2 SiO 4: Eu 2+) nanophosphors
dispersed in a surfactant solution were spin-coated on commercially available silicon solar …