Journal article

High-Performance Large-Area Luminescence Solar Concentrator Incorporating a Donor-Emitter Fluorophore System

Bolong Zhang, Pengjun Zhao, Lachlan J Wilson, Jegadesan Subbiah, Hanbo Yang, Paul Mulvaney, David J Jones, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Wallace WH Wong

ACS Energy Letters | American Chemical Society | Published : 2019

Abstract

A high-performance large-area luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) is demonstrated, fabricated via careful choice of the fluorophore system, waveguide material, and coupled photovoltaic (PV) cells. Doctor-blading was used to deposit a PMMA–dye blend film on the surface of a PMMA planar waveguide to fabricate the large-area LSC with dimensions of 20 × 20 × 0.1 cm3. A perylene diimide-based donor–emitter fluorophore pair was chosen to both improve the photoluminescent quantum yield and reduce the luminescence reabsorption. Three types of photovoltaic cells were coupled to the LSC to optimize the device output performance. With the combination of the donor–emitter fluorophore pair chosen, the P..

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Grants

Awarded by ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was made possible by support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, which funds the project grants within the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP). K.P.G., P.M., and W.W.H.W. are also supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science (CE170100026). The Sliver PV cell was provided by Prof. Andrew Blakers, Australian National University. The authors also thank Dr. Hasitha Weerasinghe (CSIRO) for his assistance with the solar simulator measurements.