Luminescent solar concentrators for building integrated photovoltaics: opportunities and challenges

BS Richards, IA Howard - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This review examines the application of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) for building
integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), both in terms of opaque façade elements and as semi …

[HTML][HTML] Luminescence solar concentrators: a technology update

S Castelletto, A Boretti - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a technology summary and update on the latest research advances
in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). LSCs are optoelectronic devices based on a sun …

Photon management to reduce energy loss in perovskite solar cells

C Chen, S Zheng, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, the
conversion of solar energy into electricity is not efficient enough or cost-competitive yet. The …

Consensus statement: Standardized reporting of power-producing luminescent solar concentrator performance

C Yang, HA Atwater, MA Baldo, D Baran, CJ Barile… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Fair and meaningful device performance comparison among luminescent solar concentrator-
photovoltaic (LSC-PV) reports cannot be realized without a general consensus on reporting …

Facile and scalable fabrication process of electroluminescent filament with high luminescent efficiency

J Zhong, M Han, C Li, R Li, H He - Materials Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroluminescent (EL) filament has received much more attention on the application of
smart and displayable textiles. In this work, the co-axial wet-spinning method was utilized to …

[HTML][HTML] Development of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals: From mode innovation to applications

H Zhang, Z Miao, W Shen - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs), comprised of submicron-sized LC droplets
embedded in a continuous polymer matrix, have been the subject of interest for scientists …

High-efficiency luminescent solar concentrators based on Composition-tunable Eco-friendly Core/shell quantum dots

Y You, X Tong, AI Channa, H Zhi, M Cai, H Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) fabricated using colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are
considered as promising cost-effective solar collectors for future building-integrated …

Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

Recent progress in functional dye‐doped liquid crystal devices

W Shen, H Zhang, Z Miao, Z Ye - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a typical representative of dopants, organic functional dyes have demonstrated their
significant roles in novel smart liquid crystal (LC) devices, and dye‐doped LCs have also …

Recent progress in organic luminescent solar concentrators for agrivoltaics: Opportunities for rare-earth complexes

O Essahili, M Ouafi, O Moudam - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Agri-photovoltaics technology combines agriculture and photovoltaics to develop efficient
plants and crops. Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), a type of solar photovoltaics (Agri …