Tackling self-absorption in luminescent solar concentrators with type-II colloidal quantum dots

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-65

  Krumer, Zachar ^a   Pera, Suzanne J ^a   Van Dijk Moes, Relinde J A ^a   Zhao, Yiming ^a   De Brouwer, Alexander F P ^a   Groeneveld, Esther ^a   Van Sark, Wilfried G J H M ^b   Schropp, Ruud E I ^a   De Mello Donegá, Celso ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Luminescent solar concentrators; Quantum dots; Self absorption; Semiconductor hetero nanocrystals; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EMITTED LIGHT; LOSS MECHANISMS; LOW COSTS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; PER UNIT; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLASTIC PLATES; SELF-ABSORPTION; SOLAR LIGHT; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

FLUOROPHORES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84872831562     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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