Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: II. Horizontal alignment for energy harvesting in linear polarizers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 101, 2010, Pages A91-A99

  Mulder, C L ^a   Reusswig, P D ^a   Beyler, A P ^a   Kim, H ^a   Rotschild, C ^a   Baldo, M A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; HARVESTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COUMARIN 6; DYE MOLECULE; HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT; LINEAR POLARIZER; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LIQUID CRYSTAL HOST; LONG AXIS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; ORDER PARAMETER; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77952051741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000A91     Document Type: Article

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