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20 August 2005 Examination of optimum carrier materials and quantum dots for a quantum dot solar concentrator using spectroscopic techniques
S. J. Gallagher, B. C. Rowan, J. Doran, B. Norton
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Abstract
Spectroscopic measurements have been undertaken for a range of different quantum dot (QD) types and transparent host materials for use in a novel solar energy-concentrating device, a Quantum Dot Solar Concentrator1 (QDSC). A QDSC comprises QDs seeded in materials such as plastics and glasses that are suitable for incorporation into buildings where photovoltaic cells attached to the edges convert direct and diffuse solar energy into electricity for use in the building. High transparency in the matrix material and QDs with a large Stokes shift are essential for an efficient QDSC. An optimum matrix material for a QDSC has been determined based on absorption characteristics and an optimum commercially available QD type has been chosen using steady-state absorption, photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy of QDs in solution and solid matrices.
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S. J. Gallagher, B. C. Rowan, J. Doran, and B. Norton "Examination of optimum carrier materials and quantum dots for a quantum dot solar concentrator using spectroscopic techniques", Proc. SPIE 5942, Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems II, 59420V (20 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616661
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KEYWORDS
Absorbance

Absorption

Luminescence

Quantum dots

Solar concentrators

Spectroscopy

Solar energy

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