Luminescent Solar Panel

The luminescent ingredients can be dialed in to absorb and re emit at selected wavelengths.

Luminescent solar panel.

Solar cells mounted on the larger edge of the lsc convert energy captured from the sun into electric power. Luminescent solar concentrators lsc are a very simple concept. With increased efficiency it ll also be able to generate more electricity per dollar than the solar panels you see on people s roofs now. This technology allows the seamless integration of photovoltaics and plastics.

Retrofitted onto current solar panel systems luminescent solar concentrators could increase efficiency by 50 percent source. A luminescent solar concentrator lsc is a transparent piece of plastic or glass that has a fluorescent dye or quantum dots embedded or painted on it. This is a promising technology because it allows a large collecting area of virtually transparent glass with a comparatively small area of expensive solar cells. Polycarbonate panels like the ones that i use for parasol modular can be coated and filled with luminescent molecules that can absorb incident sunlight and re emit it at longer wavelengths.

These efficient modular solar units could easily be hung on the side of a building. A luminescent solar concentrator lsc is made from plastic or glass with fluorescent materials or quantum dots in or on it. By far the most amazing aspect of the product though comes from the use of glass. The lscs considered in this study are made of transparent plastic with a film of photoluminescent particles on the back similar to those used in leds.

The dye absorbs light and then fluoresces creating a glow that propagates by total internal reflection to the edge of the sheet where the light is absorbed by a narrow solar cell. The hope for the lsc is that cheap dyes or phosphors can make the system inexpensive as well as tolerant of defects or angle.