IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v115y2018icp269-275.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Enhanced fluorescence polarization of fluorescent polycarbonate/zirconia nanocomposites for second generation luminescent solar concentrators

Author

Listed:
  • El-Bashir, S.M.

Abstract

Transparent nanocomposite films were spin-coated from sulfonic acid modified polycarbonate and fluorescent dye 3-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-7-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-4-carbonitrile) and doped with different concentrations of ZrO2 nanoparticles to form fluorescent PC/ZrO2 nanocomposite films. The refractive index of the investigated nanocomposite films was increased by increasing the amount of ZrO2 NPs. It was also found that, adding zirconia nanoparticles controlled the orientation of dye molecules in PC host leading to enhanced fluorescence anisotropy. The trapping efficiency was calculated as a function of dipole orientation for all concentrations of ZrO2 NPs and reached 96.5% for vertically aligned dye molecules and 90.6% for horizontally aligned. These results indicated that aligning the transition dipoles of dye molecules is promising for the enhancement of the edge emission of luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) waveguides.

Suggested Citation

  • El-Bashir, S.M., 2018. "Enhanced fluorescence polarization of fluorescent polycarbonate/zirconia nanocomposites for second generation luminescent solar concentrators," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 269-275.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:115:y:2018:i:c:p:269-275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.08.016
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811730770X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2017.08.016?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. El-Bashir, S.M. & Barakat, F.M. & AlSalhi, M.S., 2014. "Double layered plasmonic thin-film luminescent solar concentrators based on polycarbonate supports," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 642-649.
    2. El-Bashir, S.M. & Al-Harbi, F.F. & Elburaih, H. & Al-Faifi, F. & Yahia, I.S., 2016. "Red photoluminescent PMMA nanohybrid films for modifying the spectral distribution of solar radiation inside greenhouses," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 928-938.
    3. Jongseung Yoon & Lanfang Li & Andrey V. Semichaevsky & Jae Ha Ryu & Harley T. Johnson & Ralph G. Nuzzo & John A. Rogers, 2011. "Flexible concentrator photovoltaics based on microscale silicon solar cells embedded in luminescent waveguides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 2(1), pages 1-8, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Bartłomiej Milewicz & Magdalena Bogacka & Krzysztof Pikoń, 2021. "Influence of Solar Concentrator in the Form of Luminescent PMMA on the Performance of a Silicon Cell," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-14, February.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Griffini, Gianmarco & Levi, Marinella & Turri, Stefano, 2015. "Thin-film luminescent solar concentrators: A device study towards rational design," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 288-294.
    2. El-Bashir, S.M. & Al-Harbi, F.F. & Elburaih, H. & Al-Faifi, F. & Yahia, I.S., 2016. "Red photoluminescent PMMA nanohybrid films for modifying the spectral distribution of solar radiation inside greenhouses," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 928-938.
    3. Oruc, Muhammed E. & Desai, Amit V. & Kenis, Paul J.A. & Nuzzo, Ralph G., 2016. "Comprehensive energy analysis of a photovoltaic thermal water electrolyzer," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 294-302.
    4. Nima Asgari & Matthew T. McDonald & Joshua M. Pearce, 2023. "Energy Modeling and Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of Greenhouses for Tomato Cultivation Utilizing the Waste Heat of Cryptocurrency Miners," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-42, January.
    5. Joshua M. Pearce, 2022. "Agrivoltaics in Ontario Canada: Promise and Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-20, March.
    6. Uzair Jamil & Joshua M. Pearce, 2022. "Energy Policy for Agrivoltaics in Alberta Canada," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-31, December.
    7. Xing, Yupeng & Han, Peide & Wang, Shuai & Liang, Peng & Lou, Shishu & Zhang, Yuanbo & Hu, Shaoxu & Zhu, Huishi & Zhao, Chunhua & Mi, Yanhong, 2015. "A review of concentrator silicon solar cells," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 1697-1708.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:115:y:2018:i:c:p:269-275. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.