Large-area luminescent solar concentrators based on ‘Stokes-shift-engineered’ nanocrystals in a mass-polymerized PMMA matrix

Meinardi, Francesco; Colombo, Annalisa; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Simonutti, Roberto; Lorenzon, Monica; Beverina, Luca; Viswanatha, Ranjani; Klimov, Victor I.; Brovelli, Sergio

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.54

Title: Large-area luminescent solar concentrators based on ‘Stokes-shift-engineered’ nanocrystals in a mass-polymerized PMMA matrix

Journal Article · Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Nature Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.54· OSTI ID:1383743

Meinardi, Francesco; Colombo, Annalisa; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Simonutti, Roberto; Lorenzon, Monica; Beverina, Luca; Viswanatha, Ranjani; Klimov, Victor I.; Brovelli, Sergio

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1383743

Journal Information:: Nature Photonics, Vol. 8, Issue 5; Related Information: CASP partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory (lead); University of California, Irvine; University of Colorado; Colorado School of Mines; George Mason University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of Minnesota; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; ISSN 1749-4885

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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