title: A Leaf-Inspired Luminescent Solar Concentrator for Energy-Efficient Continuous-Flow Photochemistry.
abstract: The use of solar light to promote chemical reactions holds significant potential with regard to sustainable energy solutions. While the number of visible light-induced transformations has increased significantly, the use of abundant solar light has been extremely limited. We report a leaf-inspired photomicroreactor that constitutes a merger between luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) and flow photochemistry to enable green and efficient reactions powered by solar irradiation. This device based on fluorescent dye-doped polydimethylsiloxane collects sunlight, focuses the energy to a narrow wavelength region, and then transports that energy to embedded microchannels where the flowing reactants are converted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Micro Flow Chemistry & Process Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2722-5106
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cambié
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Micro Flow Chemistry & Process Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Micro Flow Chemistry & Process Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hessel
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Functional Organic Materials & Devices, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Debije
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Micro Flow Chemistry & Process Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3107-6927
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noël
keywords: energy conversion; luminescent solar concentrator; microreactors; photochemistry; solar energy