Unsaturated polyester resin blended with MMA as potential host matrix for luminescent solar concentrator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-162

  Lim, Yun Seng ^a   Lo, Chin Kim ^a   Teh, Geok Bee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Luminescent solar concentrator; Methylmethacrylate (MMA); Unsaturated polyester (UP)

Indexed keywords

EMITTED LIGHT; HOST MATRICES; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; METHYL METHACRYLATES; OPTICAL CLARITY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLYMER PLATES; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; UNSATURATED POLYESTER; UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN;

ESTERS; FLOWCHARTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

LUMINESCENCE;

ENERGY RESOURCE; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; REFLECTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIN; SOLAR POWER; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 84859619838     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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