Small and large scale plasmonically enhanced luminescent solar concentrator for photovoltaic applications: modelling, optimisation and sensitivity analysis

Rafiee, Mehran; Chandra, Sudhir; Ahmed, Hind; Barnham, K.W.J.; McCormack, Sarah

doi:10.1364/oe.418183

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“…The exact mechanism is not clear yet, requiring further systematic study, but it is consistent, which leads us to the next step of leveraging it to improve LSC performance. [ 38–40 ]…”

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High Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrator based on Organo‐Metal Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots with Plasmon Enhancement

Mendewala

Vickers

Nikolaidou

et al. 2021

Advanced Optical Materials

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Organo‐metal halide perovskites (OMHPs) are currently one of the most exciting candidates for photovoltaics. However, their impact in other areas related to carrier photogeneration, such as in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), has been limited. OMHP thin films have demonstrated encouraging results as LSCs, but for a scalable platform with minimal losses, discrete emitters are preferable. Perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) possess higher photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) than their thin film counterparts, and have the added advantage of size tunability, which make them well‐suited as LSC active media. However, since PQDs are not amenable to Stokes shift modulation, large‐scale samples will suffer from increased self‐absorption (SA) losses. In this work, a facile dip‐coating approach is established to fabricating large‐scale LSCs with CH3NH3PbBr3 (methylammonium lead bromide) PQDs by leveraging their plasmonic interactions with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to offset SA losses. Optical characterization through emission, lifetime, and spatially resolved photoluminescence measurements provide insight into the effect of plasmon resonance on deposited PQDs, and leveraging this AuNP‐PQD coupling, 2.87% efficiency is achieved in a 100 cm2 LSC with a geometric gain of 50.

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“…The exact mechanism is not clear yet, requiring further systematic study, but it is consistent, which leads us to the next step of leveraging it to improve LSC performance. [ 38–40 ]…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

High Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrator based on Organo‐Metal Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots with Plasmon Enhancement

Mendewala

Vickers

Nikolaidou

et al. 2021

Advanced Optical Materials

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“…A Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator (PLSC) takes this technology a step further and adds a plasmonic element to the lightguide. In this case, metal nanoparticles (MNPs), typically gold or silver are added to the polymer as well as the luminophore in order to further enhance the absorption and emission capabilities of the lightguide, with improvements ranging between 1.4-2.3 times a comparative bare PV cell [12][13][14]. Gold and Silver are often the metal nanoparticle of choice due to their relatively unique properties of having high refractive indices, surface plasmon resonance wavelength in the visible range, lower costs relative to other rare earth metals like europium or terbium [15,16], higher chemical stability, easy to fabricate with required sizes and shapes, and compatibility with polymers [17,18].…”

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Design, fabrication and preliminary testing of plasmonic luminescent solar concentrator devices

Glenn,

Chandra,

McCormack

2023

Sust. Build.

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This paper details the design process, fabrication, optimisation and early-stage performance testing of Luminescent and Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC & PLSC) devices. A PLSC is a novel approach to solar concentrator technologies that utilizes the principles of luminescence and plasmonics to enhance the devices' solar energy conversion efficiency. This research analyses various mould dimensions, materials and lightguide fabrication methodologies to ensure equivalent LSC/PLSC devices were created in a reproducible method. The optimisation was an iterative process throughout the production and testing stages after which a 100 × 100 × 5 mm PLSC was identified as the optimal for a rooftop installation. To ensure consistency in production as well as assessing the practicality of PLSC installations for building integration, performance testing has been conducted in both indoor and outdoor environments. Additionally, the lifespan of the devices are currently being investigated through ongoing performance evaluations. The incorporation of a reflective backplate has resulted in device efficiency improvements between 14–18% during indoor tests and was consequently included for all devices during outdoor performance analysis. Power conversion efficiencies of 2.3% and 1.7% have been recorded in sub-optimal conditions as well as concentration ratios of 11 and 9 for the PLSC and LSC devices respectively.

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“…Recently, an alternative technology of plasmonic luminescent solar concentrator (PLSC) was proposed to improve OE and PCE [36][37][38][39]. To mitigate these energy loss processes in the LSC, a gain medium of metal nanoparticles was included in the LSC.…”

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Outdoor Characterization of a Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator

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Plasmonic luminescent solar concentrators (PLSCs) have been shown to enhance the optical performance and power conversion efficiency of LSCs, due to added plasmonic gain in the medium. Despite the promising outlook of a PLSC through plasmonic coupling, device characterization and performance have not been verified in the real outdoor conditions, with varying direct and diffuse solar irradiation. In this work, characterization of a PLSC device of dimensions 4.5 × 4.5 × 0.3 cm 3 embedded with Lumogen Red 305 dye and plasmonic gain medium of gold core silver shell nano cuboids was carried out in outdoor conditions of Dublin, Ireland. Optimized PLSC device power output at different solar insolation was compared to a reference photovoltaic (PV) cell and an optimized luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device. The effect of the solar disc position, solar insolation, PV cell surface temperature, diurnal, and seasonal variation on the performance of the PLSC device is studied. The key observation was that PLSC average power conversion efficiency was 1.4 times more than the PV cell in cloudy and diffuse solar conditions. The PLSC device performed 45% better than a PV cell in December than July, as December has higher diffuse solar irradiation. Even though the PLSC device absorbs only 31% and transmits 69% incident solar irradiation in the concerned visible range of 380-750 nm. The preliminary outdoor characterization on a small-scale PLSC establishes its viability in a diffuse to direct solar radiation ratio throughout the year as well as establishing its benefits for integration in buildings.

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Small and large scale plasmonically enhanced luminescent solar concentrator for photovoltaic applications: modelling, optimisation and sensitivity analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

High Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrator based on Organo‐Metal Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots with Plasmon Enhancement

High Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrator based on Organo‐Metal Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots with Plasmon Enhancement

Design, fabrication and preliminary testing of plasmonic luminescent solar concentrator devices

Outdoor Characterization of a Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator

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