Mitigating compounding losses in luminescent solar concentrators.
Research Mentor(s)
Gilbertson, John D.
Description
With rising global temperatures from carbon emissions becoming a greater concern in modern times, utilizing renewable energy is becoming increasingly important. One method of harvesting solar energy more efficiently is to use luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) in various applications, such as solar power collecting windows and electro-photo catalysis. Toward these ends we have herein probed methods of increasing LSC efficiency through improvements in quantum dot (QD) synthesis, increasing QD concentration, and decreasing compounding losses due to scattering.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
16-5-2018 9:00 AM
End Date
16-5-2018 12:00 PM
Department
Chemistry
Genre/Form
student projects, posters
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Energy harvesting; Solar concentrators; Renewable energy sources
Type
Image
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Mitigating compounding losses in luminescent solar concentrators.
With rising global temperatures from carbon emissions becoming a greater concern in modern times, utilizing renewable energy is becoming increasingly important. One method of harvesting solar energy more efficiently is to use luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) in various applications, such as solar power collecting windows and electro-photo catalysis. Toward these ends we have herein probed methods of increasing LSC efficiency through improvements in quantum dot (QD) synthesis, increasing QD concentration, and decreasing compounding losses due to scattering.