The luminescent solar concentrator: A parameter study towards maximum efficiency

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7002, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Slooff, L H ^a   Burgers, A R ^a   Bende, E ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescent concentrator; Luminescent concentrator; Modeling; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOWCHARTING; LIGHT REFLECTION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; PHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

LOSS MECHANISMS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR (LSC); MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC DYES; PARAMETER STUDIES; QUANTUM DOT (CO); RAY TRACING MODEL; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47749131991     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.781612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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