The new leaf model design improves photon collection efficiency, reduces losses, and makes the system more adaptable and replaceable.
In another solar energy development, scientists have further evolved luminescent solar concentrators , a technology that dates back to the 1970s, since the early days of photovoltaic cells.
The luminescent solar concentrators can capture diffuse light and have been integrated into photovoltaic applications where their semi-transparent and colorful characteristics provide aesthetic advantages.However, the new maple leaf-like model design improves photon collection efficiency, reduces losses, and makes the system more adaptable and replaceable, which could lead to more practical and widespread use of solar concentrators.
“This arrangement allows incident photons to be converted into PL photons by the plates, which then travel through the fiber and are collected at its tip by a PV cell.” The modular design also allows for easy replacement of damaged units and easy integration of new luminescent materials as they are developed.
Sean Shaheen, JPE Editor-in-Chief, professor of engineering and physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute expressed:
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