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Study of the Scattering Effect by SiO2 Nanoparticles, in a Luminescent Solar Concentrator Sensitized with Carbon Dots

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NANOMATERIALS
卷 13, 期 17, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13172480

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carbon quantum dots; light scattering; SiO2 nanoparticles; photoluminescence; luminescent solar concentrators

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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) integrated into buildings as photovoltaic windows have gained popularity for producing green energy. Carbon quantum dots (C-QDs) are the most studied luminescent material for LSCs due to their low toxicity, sustainability, and low cost. However, C-QDs have low efficiency, and incorporating SiO2 nanoparticles (Nps) for light-scattering effect can improve LSC performance. This research evaluates the contribution of the scattering effect in different systems of C-QDs and SiO2 Nps in a possible LSC.
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have become an attractive way to produce green energy via their integration into buildings as photovoltaic windows. Recently, carbon quantum dots (C-QDs) have become the most studied luminescent material for the manufacture of luminescent solar concentrators due to their advantages, such as low toxicity, sustainability, and low cost. Despite the advantages of carbon quantum dots, they remain a low-efficiency material, and it is difficult to fabricate LSCs with a good performance. To address this problem, some of the research has used SiO2 nanoparticles (Nps) to produce a light-scattering effect that helps to improve the system performance. However, these studies are limited and have not been discussed in detail. In this regard, this research work was designed to evaluate the contribution of the scattering effect in different systems of carbon quantum dots used in a possible luminescent solar concentrator. To carry out this study, C-QDs and SiO2 Nps were synthesized by hydrothermal methods and the Stober method, respectively. We used different concentrations of both materials to fabricate film LSCs (10 x 10 cm(2)). The results show that the light scattered by the SiO2 Nps has a double contribution, in terms of light redirected towards the edges of the window and as a secondary source of excitation for the C-QDs; thus, an improvement in the performance of the LSC is achieved. The best improvement in photoluminescence is achieved when the films are composed of 20% wt carbon quantum dots and 10% wt SiO2 Nps, reaching a gain of 16% of the intensity of the light incident on the edges of the window with respect to the LSCs where only C-QDs were used.

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