Issue 2, 2022

Highly efficient tandem luminescent solar concentrators based on eco-friendly copper iodide based hybrid nanoparticles and carbon dots

Abstract

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have been widely considered to be promising large-scale sunlight collectors for photovoltaics (PV) due to their low cost and applicability to building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). However, low quantum efficiency and small Stokes shift of luminophores often deteriorate the performance of LSCs. In this work, Cu4I6(pr-ted)2 nanoparticles (Cu4I6(pr-ted)2 NPs) (where pr-ted is 1-propyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-1-ium) with a large Stokes shift of 1.04 eV and ultra-high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 92.2% were synthesized and used as the luminophore to fabricate LSCs. At the same time, the LSCs based on carbon dots (CDs) with a high PLQY of 91.1% were prepared to construct the tandem LSCs, which could further enhance the optical conversion efficiency (ηopt) of the LSC. The as-prepared semi-transparent tandem LSCs based on Cu4I6(pr-ted)2 NPs and CDs (dimension: 5 × 5 × 0.2 cm3) achieved ηopt of 6.40%, which is superior to that of LSCs reported previously with the same size. The as-fabricated LSCs also show a very good stability. The results indicate that these eco-friendly luminophores possess a great potential for fabricating high-performance LSCs for BIPV systems in the future.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient tandem luminescent solar concentrators based on eco-friendly copper iodide based hybrid nanoparticles and carbon dots

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Aug 2021
Accepted
24 Dec 2021
First published
24 Dec 2021

Energy Environ. Sci., 2022,15, 799-805

Highly efficient tandem luminescent solar concentrators based on eco-friendly copper iodide based hybrid nanoparticles and carbon dots

J. Chen, H. Zhao, Z. Li, X. Zhao and X. Gong, Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15, 799 DOI: 10.1039/D1EE02554F

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