Highly efficient large-area colourless luminescent solar concentrators using heavy-metal-free colloidal quantum dots

Meinardi, Francesco; McDaniel, Hunter; Carulli, Francesco; Colombo, Annalisa; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Makarov, Nikolay S.; Simonutti, Roberto; Klimov, Victor I.; Brovelli, Sergio

doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.178

Title: Highly efficient large-area colourless luminescent solar concentrators using heavy-metal-free colloidal quantum dots

Journal Article · Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nature Nanotechnology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.178· OSTI ID:1386890

Meinardi, Francesco; McDaniel, Hunter; Carulli, Francesco; Colombo, Annalisa; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Makarov, Nikolay S.; Simonutti, Roberto; 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:: 1386890

Journal Information:: Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 10, Issue 10; 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 1748-3387

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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