Quantifying self-absorption losses in luminescent solar concentrators
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Quantifying self-absorption losses in luminescent solar concentrators.
Analytical equations quantifying self-absorption losses in circular luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are presented that can easily be solved numerically by commercial math software packages. With the quantum efficiency, the absorption and emission spectra of a luminescent material, the LSC dimensions, and the refractive index as the only input parameters, the model gives an accurate accou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Optics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1559-128X,2155-3165
DOI: 10.1364/ao.53.005238