Luminescent solar concentrators - A low cost photovoltaics alternative

Renewable Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-210

  van Sark, Wilfried G J H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low cost photovoltaics; Luminescent solar concentrator; Organic dye; Quantum dot; Spectrum conversion

Indexed keywords

BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS; COST PER UNIT; CURRENT STATUS; EMITTED LIGHT; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LOW COSTS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; ORGANIC DYE; ORGANIC DYE MOLECULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RAY-TRACE; RE-ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SPECTRUM CONVERSION; TRANSPARENT POLYMER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPED POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

LUMINESCENCE;

DYE; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84866537208     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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