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.
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[1]
- UbiQD, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- 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:
- 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
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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. Tue .
"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},
journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {1}
}
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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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