Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) can function as an electricity-generating window whose performance is hindered by an inherent trade-off between power conversion efficiency and visible light transmission. To optimize this trade-off, we use a numerical algorithm to find the power conversion efficiency of 92 luminophores, ensuring an average visible transmission >55% and a color rendering index >70. Furthermore, we optimize double and triple-stacked LSC configurations and single LSCs with two or three embedded luminophores. All tested LSC configurations are found to be limited to a power conversion efficiency of around 1% for window-appropriate transparencies.
Source: Advanced Photonics Research
Institution: Utrecht University
Language: English
Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,070
Award: G272040994
OpenAlex ID: W4404864063