A concept of transparent “quantum dot glass” (TQDG) is proposed for a combination quantum (QD)-based glass luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) and its edge-attached cells, as type photovoltaics (TPVs) building-integrated (BIPVs). Different from conventional LSCs, which typically serve pure optical devices, TQDGs have to fulfill requirements both power-generating components building constructio...

ransparent glass-ceramics have been prepared by heat-treating oxyfluoride glasses in the Na2O–Al2O3–SiO2–LaF3 system. The nanocrystallisation f LaF3 was achieved by controlling time and temperature parameters. Glasses and glass-ceramics were characterised by dilatometry, DTA, XRD nd TEM. The mean crystal size (<20 nm) and the crystal fraction increase with the temperature of heat treatment, whi...

Transparent ceramics are important for scientific and industrial applications because of the superior optical and mechanical properties. It has been suggested that optical transparency and mechanical strength are substantially enhanced if transparent ceramics with nano-crystals are available. However, synthesis of the highly transparent nano-crystalline ceramics has been difficult using convent...

Transparent glass-ceramics have shown interesting optical properties for several photonic applications. In particular, compositions based on oxide glass matrices with fluoride crystals embedded inside, known as oxyfluoride glass-ceramics, have gained increasing interest in the last few decades. Melt-quenching is still the most used method to prepare these materials but sol-gel has been indicate...

Transparent 0.1ErF3–0.1YbF3–5LaF3–94.8SiO2 (mol%) glass-ceramics was prepared by sol–gel method. Efficient upconversion emissions at 379, 407, 450, 490, 520, 540 and 660 nm were observed under 973 nm excitation. The signal at 379 nm is only 4.5 times weaker than the signal at 520 nm, that is readily visible by the naked eyes even with a pump power of 27 mW, indicating that this sample is a very...