Photonic Crystal Waveguides for &gt;90% Light Trapping Efficiency in Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Bauser, Haley C.; Bukowsky, Colton R.; Phelan, Megan; Weigand, William; Needell, David R.; Holman, Zachary C.; Atwater, Harry A.

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00593

Photonic Crystal Waveguides for >90% Light Trapping Efficiency in Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Journal Article · Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00593· OSTI ID:1803587

Bauser, Haley C. ^[1]; Bukowsky, Colton R. ^[2]; ^[3]; Weigand, William ^[4]; Needell, David R. ^[3]; Holman, Zachary C. ^[4]; ^[3]

California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); OSTI
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Leia Inc, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)

Luminescent solar concentrators are currently limited in their potential concentration factor and solar conversion efficiency by the inherent escape cone losses present in conventional planar dielectric waveguides. Here, we demonstrate that photonic crystal slab waveguides tailored for luminescent solar concentrator applications can exhibit >90% light trapping efficiency. This is achieved by use of quantum dot luminophores embedded within the waveguide that absorb light at photon energies corresponding to photonic crystal leaky modes that couple to incoming sunlight. The luminophores then emit at lower photon energies into photonic crystal bound modes that enable highly efficient light trapping in slab waveguides of wavelength-scale thickness. Photonic crystal waveguides thus nearly eliminate escape cone losses, and overcome the performance limitations of previously proposed wavelength-selective dielectric multilayer filters. We describe designs for hole-array and rod-array photonic crystals comprised of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide using CdSe/CdS quantum dots. Our analysis suggests that photonic crystal waveguide luminescent solar concentrators using these materials these can achieve light trapping efficiency above 92% and a concentration factor as high as 100.

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019140

OSTI ID:: 1803587

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Journal Name: ACS Photonics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 7; ISSN 2330-4022

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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