Monte Carlo study of PbSe quantum dots as the fluorescent material in luminescent solar concentrators

被引：27

作者：

Wilton, S. R. ^{[1
]}

Fetterman, M. R. ^{[1
]}

Low, J. J. ^{[1
]}

You, Guanjun ^{[1
,2
]}

Jiang, Zhenyu ^{[1
]}

Xu, Jian ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Engn Sci & Mech, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] Univ Shanghai Sci & Technol, Minist Educ, Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrument & Syst, Shanghai 200093, Peoples R China

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2014年 / 22卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

FIELD PERFORMANCE; NANOCRYSTALS; EFFICIENCIES; COLLECTORS; CONVERSION;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.22.000A35

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

In this paper, Monte Carlo simulations were performed to determine the potential efficiencies of luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) systems using PbSe quantum dots (QDs) as the active fluorescent material. The simulation results suggest that PbSe QD LSCs display good absorption characteristics, but yield limited LSC power conversion efficiency due to self-absorption and down-conversion loss. It is proposed that the self-absorption loss can be reduced by utilizing Forster resonance energy transfer between two different sizes of PbSe QDs, yielding pronounced improvement in the optical efficiency of LSCs. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：A35 / A43

页数：9

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