AI Article Synopsis
- The research uses a combined nanoscale/macroscale model to study how silver nanoparticles improve the performance of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs).
- By incorporating silver spheres into a thin dye layer, the LSC's optical efficiency jumps from 10.4% to 32.6%.
- The boost in efficiency is mainly attributed to the scattering effects of the silver particles rather than their ability to absorb and re-emit light from the dye.
Article Abstract
Using a hybrid nanoscale/macroscale model, we simulate the efficiency of a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) which employs silver nanoparticles to enhance the dye absorption and scatter the incoming light. We show that the normalized optical efficiency can be increased from 10.4% for a single dye LSC to 32.6% for a plasmonic LSC with silver spheres immersed inside a thin dye layer. Most of the efficiency enhancement is due to scattering of the particles and not due to dye absorption/re-emission.
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