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- A new method to create flexible luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is introduced, allowing for customization in shape and low production costs.
- The study highlights the use of Pyrromethene 567 laser dye as a fluorophore, which boasts a high quantum yield of 93%, ensuring effective energy conversion.
- The research confirms that these flexible LSCs maintain high optical efficiency even when bent, making them suitable for applications in solar energy technology.
Article Abstract
We demonstrate a simple and inexpensive method to fabricate flexible and fluorophore-doped luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) serves as a host material which additionally offers the potential to cast LSCs in arbitrary shapes. The laser dye Pyrromethene 567 is used as a prototype fluorophore, and it is shown that it has a high quantum yield of 93% over the concentration range investigated. The optical efficiency and loss channels of the flexible LSCs are investigated; it is also demonstrated that the efficiency remains high while bending the LSC which is essential for flexible LSCs to make an impact on solar energy.
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