Zero-reabsorption doped-nanocrystal luminescent solar concentrators

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3461-3467

  Erickson, Christian S ^a   Bradshaw, Liam R ^b   McDowall, Stephen ^a   Gilbertson, John D ^a   Gamelin, Daniel R ^b   Patrick, David L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

doped nanocrystals; solar concentrators; solar energy; transparent solar collector

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DOPED NANOCRYSTALS; DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; ENERGY CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84899453977     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406360w     Document Type: Article

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