Luminescent solar collectors: quo vadis?

J Roncali - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are optical systems that absorb, convert, and
concentrate solar light by means of photoluminescence of an emitting material embedded in …

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 …

Laboratory protocols for measuring and reporting the performance of luminescent solar concentrators

MG Debije, RC Evans, G Griffini - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) show great potential for both broadening the
spectral response of photovoltaic devices and facilitating their deployment in urban …

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 …

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 …

Concentrated photovoltaic: A review of thermal aspects, challenges and opportunities

A Hasan, J Sarwar, AH Shah - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics (PVs) are promising sustainable energy generators, yet the higher initial cost
of PV systems compared to the conventional fossil fuel based energy systems remains a …

The renaissance of luminescent solar concentrators: The role of inorganic nanomaterials

R Mazzaro, A Vomiero - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have a simple architecture—a transparent
matrix embedding a luminescent fluorophore coupled with solar cells at the lateral side of …

Bandwidth limits of luminescent solar concentrators as detectors in free-space optical communication systems

M Portnoi, PA Haigh, TJ Macdonald, F Ambroz… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have recently emerged as a promising receiver
technology in free-space optical communications due to their inherent ability to collect light …

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 …

Beyond 3rd generation solar cells and the full spectrum project. Recent advances and new emerging solar cells

BG Akinoglu, B Tuncel, V Badescu - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar cells have over 50-years of development history; many different devices and
technologies are studied over this time span, and interestingly it is still a hot research topic …