Optics (Nov 2021)

Mapping the Surface Heat of Luminescent Solar Concentrators

  • Yujian Sun,
  • Yongcao Zhang,
  • Yilin Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/opt2040024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 259 – 265

Abstract

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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have been widely studied for their potential application as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). While numerous efforts have been made to improve the performance, the photothermal (PT) properties of LSCs are rarely investigated. In this report, we studied the PT properties of an LSC with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.27% and a concentration ratio of 1.42. The results showed that the total PT power of the LSC was 13.2 W, and the heat was concentrated on the edge of the luminescent waveguide with a high heat power density of over 200 W m−2.

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