Luminescent solar concentrators - A review of recent results
van_Sark, W., Barnham, K., Slooff, K. W. J., Chatten, L. H., B¨ąchtemann, A. J., Meyer, A., Mccormack, A. and Ko, S. J.
2008 Optics Express, 16 (26), pp. 21773-21792
Flowcharting; Solar concentrators; Solar equipment; Thermodynamic stability, Emitted lights; High quantum efficiencies; Lower costs; Luminescent solar concentrators; Modeling approaches; Transparent polymers, Luminescence
van_Sark, W., Barnham, K., Slooff, K. W. J., Chatten, L. H., B¨ąchtemann, A. J., Meyer, A., Mccormack, A. and Ko, S. J., (2008), "Luminescent solar concentrators - A review of recent results", Optics Express, 16 (26), pp. 21773-21792.
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.
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