Anisotropic light emissions in luminescent solar concentrators-isotropic systems

Verbunt, P.P.C. ; Sánchez-Somolinos, C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Broer, D.J. ; Debije, M.G.

Resumen: In this paper we develop a model to describe the emission profile from randomly oriented dichroic dye molecules in a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) waveguide as a function of incoming light direction. The resulting emission is non-isotropic, in contradiction to what is used in almost all previous simulations on the performance of LSCs, and helps explain the large surface losses measured in these devices. To achieve more precise LSC performance simulations we suggest that the dichroic nature of the dyes must be included in the future modeling efforts.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A485

Año: 2013

Publicado en: OPTICS EXPRESS 21 (2013), A485-A493
ISSN: 1094-4087

Factor impacto JCR: 3.525 (2013)

Categ. JCR: OPTICS rank: 6 / 82 = 0.073 (2013) - Q1 - T1

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/CSIC/i-LINK0394
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/MAT2011-27978-C02-02

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Física de la Materia Condensada (Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada)