Increasing fluorescent concentrator light collection efficiency by restricting the angular emission characteristic of the incorporated luminescent material: The 'Nano-Fluko' concept

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Goldschmidt, J C ^a   Peters, M ^a   Gutmann, J ^a   Steidl, L ^b   Zentel, R ^b   Blasi B ^a   Hermle, M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrators; Fluorescent concentrators; photonic crystals; Photovoltaics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR EMISSION; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATOR DESIGN; DIRECT RADIATIONS; EMITTED LIGHT; FLUORESCENT CONCENTRATORS; FRONT SURFACES; LIGHT COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; PATH LENGTH; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRANSPARENT MATRIX;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953760075     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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