Material for a luminescent solar concentrator

Title: Material for a luminescent solar concentrator

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A material for use in a luminescent solar concentrator, formed by ceramitizing the luminescent ion Cr/sup 3 +/ with a transparent ceramic glass containing mullite. The resultant material has tiny Cr/sup 3 +/-bearing crystallites dispersed uniformly through an amorphous glass. The invention combines the high luminescent efficiency of Cr/sup 3 +/ in the crystalline phase with the practical and economical advantages of glass technology.

Inventors:: Andrews, L.J.

Issue Date:: 1984-01-01

OSTI Identifier:: 5280889

Application Number:: ON: DE84006170

Assignee:: EDB-84-034977

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-78ER04996

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; LUMINESCENT CONCENTRATORS; MATERIALS; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; AMORPHOUS STATE; CERAMICS; CHROMIUM IONS; EMISSION SPECTRA; GLASS; MULLITE; CHARGED PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; IONS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECTRA; 141000* - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

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  abstractNote = {A material for use in a luminescent solar concentrator, formed by ceramitizing the luminescent ion Cr/sup 3 +/ with a transparent ceramic glass containing mullite. The resultant material has tiny Cr/sup 3 +/-bearing crystallites dispersed uniformly through an amorphous glass. The invention combines the high luminescent efficiency of Cr/sup 3 +/ in the crystalline phase with the practical and economical advantages of glass technology.},

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