Laboratory protocols for measuring and reporting the performance of luminescent solar concentrators

Michael G. Debije; Rachel C. Evans; Gianmarco Griffini

doi:10.1039/D0EE02967J

Laboratory protocols for measuring and reporting the performance of luminescent solar concentrators†

Michael G. Debije,

*^a Rachel C. Evans

*^b and Gianmarco Griffini

*^c

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^a Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
E-mail: m.g.debije@tue.nl

^b Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
E-mail: rce26@cam.ac.uk

^c Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
E-mail: gianmarco.griffini@polimi.it

Abstract

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) show great potential for both broadening the spectral response of photovoltaic devices and facilitating their deployment in urban environments. However, the recent success of LSCs has brought to light severe deficiencies in reporting protocols: direct comparison between lab-scale LSCs is not possible due to inconsistencies in the experimental measurements and reporting of device performance. Here, we make the case for treatment of LSCs as photonic devices rather than photovoltaic cells and identify best practice guidelines for the measurement and reporting of LSC performance.

This article is part of the themed collection: Energy and Environmental Science Recent Review Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EE02967J

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15 Sep 2020

Accepted

25 Nov 2020

First published

11 Dec 2020

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Energy Environ. Sci., 2021,14, 293-301

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