Photo-stability and performance of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in luminescent solar concentrators

Enhanced quantum dot emission for luminescent solar concentrators using plasmonic interaction

“…For example, visible emitting core-shell (CdSe/ZnS) QDs have demonstrated fluorescence quantum yield up to 84% [10] and NIRemitting PbS quantum dots in the range of 12%-81% [11]. However, conversion efficiency of QDSCs developed to date [12][13][14][15] has been limited, firstly by, the low fluorescence quantum yield of the commercially available visible-emitting QDs [16] and NIR-emitting QDs [17,18]. Secondly, the devices suffer from re-absorption losses at higher concentrations of QDs [19][20][21] due to significant, or even in some cases total, overlap of the absorption and primary emission spectra.…”

Enhanced photon harvesting in silicon multicrystalline solar cells by new lanthanide complexes as light concentrators

“…Some recent developments have partially solved this problem by mixing quantum dots and organic dyes as efficient luminescent species for LSCs [16,17]. In the present work we explored the case of lanthanide (Ln) organometallic complexes as a new prospective in the field of LSC for solar cells.…”

Fluorescent Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications

“…QDs are semiconducting nanocrystals that typically have dimensions of several nanometers. QDs have been modeled and experimentally tested for fluorescent concentrators for more than 10 years [29,65,81,[96][97][98][99][100]. Additional to QDs having a spherical shape, more recently rod-like semiconducting nanocrystals (nanorods, NRs) have been synthesized and studied, too [101][102][103].…”