Dual waveguide patterned luminescent solar concentrators

Solar Energy

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-223

  Albers, Peter T M ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a   Debije, Michael G ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Luminescent solar concentrator; Patterned waveguide

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT ANGLES; LOSS MECHANISMS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SURFACE COVERAGES; TOTAL LIGHT ABSORPTION; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; WAVEGUIDE SURFACES; WAVEGUIDE SYSTEMS;

FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

WAVEGUIDES;

ABSORBANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84880596727     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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