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ECN publication
Title:
The non-fluorescent flat plate solar concentrator
 
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Published by: Publication date:
ECN Solar Energy 21-9-2009
 
ECN report number: Document type:
ECN-M--09-020 Conference Paper
 
Number of pages: Full text:
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Presented at: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, 21-25 september 2009.

Abstract:
Apart from costs, one of the keys to the market introduction of the fluorescent solar concentrator (FSC) is its outdoor lifetime, which up to now, is limited a few years by the lifetime of the fluorescent dye or quantum dot. This study shows that omitting the dye or quantum dot still can give power conversion efficiencies (PCE), which are comparable to, or even larger than that of the FSC. This can be done by using a special type of bottom mirror. It is shown that a PCE of 4.5% can be achieved.


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