title: Increased efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators after application of organic wavelength selective mirrors.
abstract: Organic wavelength-selective mirrors are used to reduce the loss of emitted photons through the surface of a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC). A theoretical calculation suggests that application of a 400 nm broad reflector on top of an LSC containing BASF Lumogen Red 305 as a luminophore can reflect 91% of all surface emitted photons back into the device. Used in this way, such broad reflectors could increase the edge-emission efficiency of the LSC by up to 66%. Similarly, 175 nm broad reflectors could increase efficiency up to 45%. Measurements demonstrate more limited effectiveness and dependency on the peak absorbance of the LSC. At higher absorbance, the increased number of internal re-absorption events reduces the effectiveness of the reflectors, leading to a maximum increase in LSC efficiency of ~5% for an LSC with a peak absorbance of 1. Reducing re-absorption by reducing dye concentration or the coverage of the luminophore coating results in an increase in LSC efficiency of up to 30% and 27%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul P C
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Verbunt
authors.forename: Shufen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsoi
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Debije
authors.forename: Dirk J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Broer
authors.forename: Cees W M
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Bastiaansen
authors.forename: Chi-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Dick K G
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: de Boer