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

S. R. Wilton; M. R. Fetterman; J. J. Low; Guanjun You; Zhenyu Jiang; Jian Xu

doi:10.1364/OE.22.000A35

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

S. R. Wilton
, M. R. Fetterman
, J. J. Low
, Guanjun You
, Zhenyu Jiang
, Jian Xu

Engineering Science and Mechanics

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Abstract

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 Förster resonance energy transfer between two different sizes of PbSe QDs, yielding pronounced improvement in the optical efficiency of LSCs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	A35-A43
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.000A35
State	Published - Jan 13 2014

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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