Maximising the light output of a Luminescent Solar Concentrator

Solar Energy

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 655-667

  Earp, A A ^a   Smith, G B ^a   Swift, P D ^a   Franklin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Fluorescent dye; Light guides; Luminescent Solar Concentrator

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 1642345400     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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