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Solar Concentrators: Absorption Enhancement in “Giant” Core/Alloyed‐Shell Quantum Dots for Luminescent Solar Concentrator (Small 38/2016)
Author(s) -
Zhao Haiguang,
Benetti Daniele,
Jin Lei,
Zhou Yufeng,
Rosei Federico,
Vomiero Alberto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201670197
Subject(s) - quantum dot , materials science , optoelectronics , absorption (acoustics) , photovoltaic system , concentrator , core (optical fiber) , luminescence , energy conversion efficiency , doping , absorption spectroscopy , optics , nanotechnology , physics , composite material , electrical engineering , engineering
On page 5354, H. G. Zhao, F. Rosei, A. Vomiero, and co‐workers, demonstrate the application of “giant” core/shell quantum dots as light harvesters in high‐performance luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) with over 1.15% power conversion efficiency. Metal doping approach can tune the absorption spectra of QDs to better match the solar spectrum, and represents a significant advance for the development of high‐efficiency LSCs for cost‐effective photovoltaic applications.