Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs), as cost-effective optical devices for photon concentration, showed promising applications in photovoltaic systems. Recently, LSCs have been fabricated through different methods to improve their performance and reduce the cost of fabrication. One of the most common and traditional methods of LSC fabrication is Free Radical Polymerization which free radicals are formed through thermal decomposition or photolysis of radical initiators. This research work presents the 3D printed LSC, based on the simultaneous combination of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 Perovskite Nanocrystals (NCs) and an organic Rhodamine b luminophore. Nowadays, 3D printing technology has a wide variety of applications in industry, medicine, education, etc. 3D printing technic due to the cheap and accessible raw materials proved to be the most facile and cost-effective method to fabricate LSCs. CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 Perovskites were synthesized using a modified reverse microemulsion method. Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) granules with a luminophore concentration of 0.001 wt% were used to fabricate 3D Printer filament as a based polymer for LSC fabrication. XRD, FE-SEM, and EDS analysis were applied to synthesized Perovskites to prove the formation of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 Perovskites. The Absorption and Photoluminescence spectrum of used luminophores in LSCs were investigated. Re-absorption effect and I-V plots of prepared LSCs were studied. The I-V plot of the attached solar cell to pure and luminophore dispersed LSCs shows that the solar cell in the presence of LSC with the simultaneous combination of two luminophores is approximately 122% more efficient than the solar cell attached to pure PLA LSC.
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