Patterned dye structures limit reabsorption in luminescent solar concentrators

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 104, 2010, Pages A536-A543

  Tsoi, Shufen ^a   Broer, Dirk J ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a,b   Debije, Michael G ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD;

DYE MOLECULE; DYE STRUCTURE; EDGE EMISSIONS; EMITTED LIGHT; FILL FACTOR; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERNAL LOSS; LINE PATTERN; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SURFACE COVERAGES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 78149441216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.00A536     Document Type: Article

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