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Near-Infrared Harvesting Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators
There is a renewed interest in applying luminescent solar concentrators onto power-producing surfaces such as mobile electronics and windows, since it can dramatically improve energy harvesting effi ciency, increase electronic device autonomy, and drive down the expensive PV module cost. [ 1–7 ] However, the widespread adoption of such devices is typically limited by chromophore absorption and emission in the visible spectrum which leads to a large degree of colored tinting. To overcome these hurdles, we have developed a transparent luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) which can be integrated onto electronic displays, solar windows and other glazing systems and is highly transparent in the visible spectrum. We harness the structured absorption of molecular dyes to produce nearinfrared (NIR) LSC architectures that selectively harvest NIR photons by waveguiding deeper-NIR luminophore emission to high effi ciency segmented solar cells. These transparent NIR LSCs can eliminate the visual impact and minimize the amount of expensive solar materials required while extending the photon harvesting range into the NIR.
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