Light-Emitting Materials – Active Components of Luminescent Solar Concentrators

• Published in: Theoretical and experimental chemistry Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20
• Main Authors: Granchak, V. M., Sakhno, T. V., Kuchmy, S. Ya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-03-2014; Springer
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Nuclear radiation; Organic dyes; Solar energy; metal complexes; semiconductor quantum dots; organic dyes; luminescence
• ISSN: 0040-5760; 1573-935X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11237-014-9342-1

Recent advances in the investigation of various types of fluorescent materials (organic dyes, coordination compounds of metals, semiconductor quantum dots) used in the development of luminescent solar concentrators are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of various types of phosphors and also the influence of plasmon effects in the nanoparticles of metals, the nature of the matrix, etc. on the luminescence efficiency of the concentrators are analyzed.