Anisotropic light emissions in luminescent solar concentrators–isotropic systems

P.P.C. Verbunt, C. Sanchez-Somolinos, D.J. Broer, M.G. Debije

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Abstract

In this paper we develop a model to describe the emission profile from randomly oriented dichroic dye molecules in a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) waveguide as a function of incoming light direction. The resulting emission is non-isotropic, in contradiction to what is used in almost all previous simulations on the performance of LSCs, and helps explain the large surface losses measured in these devices. To achieve more precise LSC performance simulations we suggest that the dichroic nature of the dyes must be included in the future modeling efforts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A485-A493
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume21
Issue numberS3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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