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Title: High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows

Abstract

Building-integrated sunlight harvesting utilizing laminated glass luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is proposed. By incorporating high quantum yield (>90%), NIR-emitting CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots into the polymer interlayer between two sheets of low-iron float glass, a record optical efficiency of 8.1% is demonstrated for a 10 cm x 10 cm device that transmits ~44% visible light. After completing prototypes by attaching silicon solar cells along the perimeter of the device, the electrical power conversion efficiency was certified at 2.2% with a black background and at 2.9% using a reflective substrate. This 'drop-in' LSC solution is particularly attractive because it fits within the existing glazing industry value chain with only modest changes to typical glazing products. Performance modeling predicts >1 GWh annual electricity production for a typical urban skyscraper in most major U.S. cities, enabling significant energy cost savings and potentially 'net-zero' buildings.

Authors:
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  1. UbiQD, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1431048
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5500-71228
Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Energy Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; luminescent solar concentrators; quantum dots; polymers; efficiency

Citation Formats

Bergren, Matthew R., Makarov, Nikolay S., Ramasamy, Karthik, Jackson, Aaron, Guglielmetti, Rob, and McDaniel, Hunter. High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01346.
Bergren, Matthew R., Makarov, Nikolay S., Ramasamy, Karthik, Jackson, Aaron, Guglielmetti, Rob, & McDaniel, Hunter. High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01346
Bergren, Matthew R., Makarov, Nikolay S., Ramasamy, Karthik, Jackson, Aaron, Guglielmetti, Rob, and McDaniel, Hunter. 2018. "High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01346. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1431048.
@article{osti_1431048,
title = {High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows},
author = {Bergren, Matthew R. and Makarov, Nikolay S. and Ramasamy, Karthik and Jackson, Aaron and Guglielmetti, Rob and McDaniel, Hunter},
abstractNote = {Building-integrated sunlight harvesting utilizing laminated glass luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is proposed. By incorporating high quantum yield (>90%), NIR-emitting CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots into the polymer interlayer between two sheets of low-iron float glass, a record optical efficiency of 8.1% is demonstrated for a 10 cm x 10 cm device that transmits ~44% visible light. After completing prototypes by attaching silicon solar cells along the perimeter of the device, the electrical power conversion efficiency was certified at 2.2% with a black background and at 2.9% using a reflective substrate. This 'drop-in' LSC solution is particularly attractive because it fits within the existing glazing industry value chain with only modest changes to typical glazing products. Performance modeling predicts >1 GWh annual electricity production for a typical urban skyscraper in most major U.S. cities, enabling significant energy cost savings and potentially 'net-zero' buildings.},
doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01346},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1431048}, journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
issn = {2380-8195},
number = 3,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: (a) Absorption and PL spectra for NIR-emitting CuInS2/ZnS QDs in toluene. (b) Diagram of the laminated glass LSC design.

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