Monte Carlo study of PbSe quantum dots as the fluorescent material in luminescent solar concentrators

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wilton, S R ^a   Fetterman, M R ^a   Low, J J ^a   You, Guanjun ^a,b   Jiang, Zhenyu ^a   Xu, Jian ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PBSE QUANTUM DOTS; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOWCHARTING; LUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84892651978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.000A35     Document Type: Article

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