Dye-doped polysiloxane rubbers for luminescent solar concentrator systems

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-118

  Buffa, M ^a   Carturan, S ^b,c   Debije, M G ^d   Quaranta, A ^a   Maggioni, G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexible waveguide; Luminescent solar concentrators; Lumogen Red 305

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; AU NANOPARTICLE; DYE CONCENTRATION; DYE-DOPED; FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDES; FLUORESCENCE YIELD; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAAS; INTEGRATING SPHERES; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHT YIELD; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; LUMOGEN; POLYSILOXANE RUBBER; SILICON PHOTODIODE; SOLAR SIMULATOR;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; GOLD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RUBBER; SILICONES; SPHERES; WAVEGUIDES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84860571345     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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