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Efficiency and loss mechanisms of plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Tummeltshammer, C; Brown, MS; Taylor, A; Kenyon, AJ; Papakonstantinou, I; (2013) Efficiency and loss mechanisms of plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators. Optics Express , 21 (S5) A735 - A749. 10.1364/OE.21.00A735. Gold open access

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Abstract

Using a hybrid nanoscale/macroscale model, we simulate the efficiency of a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) which employs silver nanoparticles to enhance the dye absorption and scatter the incoming light. We show that the normalized optical efficiency can be increased from 10.4% for a single dye LSC to 32.6% for a plasmonic LSC with silver spheres immersed inside a thin dye layer. Most of the efficiency enhancement is due to scattering of the particles and not due to dye absorption/re-emission.

Type: Article
Title: Efficiency and loss mechanisms of plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access publication
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A735
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.00A735
Language: English
Additional information: (C) 2013 OSA
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1398619
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