Luminescent solar concentrators: From experimental validation of 3D ray-tracing simulations to coloured stained-glass windows for BIPV

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Kerrouche, A ^a   Hardy, D A ^a   Ross, D ^a   Richards, B S ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaics; Fluorescent solar concentrator; Luminescent solar concentrator; Lumogen dye; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; FLUORESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; LUMOGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

COLOR; FLOWCHARTING; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84890287920     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.11.026     Document Type: Article

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