Gram-scale synthesis of carbon quantum dots with a large Stokes shift for the fabrication of eco-friendly and high-efficiency luminescent solar concentrators

By Haiguang Zhao, Guiju Liu, S. You, F. V. Camargo, M. Zavelani‐Rossi, Xiaohan Wang, Changchun Sun, Bingxu Liu, Yuanming Zhang, Guangting Han and 2 more. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020

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Highly efficient large-area luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) were demonstrated using colloidal C-dots. The large-area LSC (225 cm2) exhibited an external optical efficiency of 2.2% (under natural sun irradiation, 60 mW cm−2).

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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