{"title":"Shining Lights on Limits: Optimizing Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Solar Windows","authors":"Thomas A. de Bruin, Wilfried G. J. H. M. van Sark","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400068","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) can function as an electricity-generating window whose performance is hindered by an inherent trade-off between power conversion efficiency and visible light transmission. To optimize this trade-off, a numerical algorithm is used to find the power conversion efficiency of 92 luminophores, ensuring an average visible transmission >55% and a color rendering index >70. Furthermore, double- and triple-stacked LSC configurations and single LSCs with two- or three-embedded luminophores are optimized. All tested LSC configurations are found to be limited to a power conversion efficiency of around 1% for window-appropriate transparencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400068","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Photonics Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adpr.202400068","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) can function as an electricity-generating window whose performance is hindered by an inherent trade-off between power conversion efficiency and visible light transmission. To optimize this trade-off, a numerical algorithm is used to find the power conversion efficiency of 92 luminophores, ensuring an average visible transmission >55% and a color rendering index >70. Furthermore, double- and triple-stacked LSC configurations and single LSCs with two- or three-embedded luminophores are optimized. All tested LSC configurations are found to be limited to a power conversion efficiency of around 1% for window-appropriate transparencies.