• DocumentCode
    1795736
  • Title

    Luminescent solar concentrators based on plastic optical fibers

  • Author

    Correia, Sandra F. H. ; Lima, Patricia P. ; Carlos, Luis D. ; Ferreira, R.A.S. ; Andre, P.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    276
  • Lastpage
    277
  • Abstract
    We present a new approach to fabricate luminescent solar concentrators based on commercial plastic optical fibers coated with an Eu3+-doped organic-inorganic hybrid layer, displaying an optical conversion efficiency up to 7%.
  • Keywords
    europium; luminescent devices; optical fibre fabrication; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; solar energy concentrators; efficiency 7 percent; luminescent solar concentrator fabrication; optical conversion efficiency; organic-inorganic hybrid layer; plastic optical fibers; Lighting; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photodiodes; Solar energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888076