Luminescent solar concentrators based on polymer nanocomposite films made by open-air pulsed laser deposition

Abdalla M. Darwish; Sergey S. Sarkisov; Jamaya Wilson; Muhamad Aziz; Kevin Thompson; Darayas N. Patel; Michael Johnson; Brent Koplitz; Xiaodong Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2530359

9 September 2019 Luminescent solar concentrators based on polymer nanocomposite films made by open-air pulsed laser deposition

Abdalla M. Darwish, Sergey S. Sarkisov, Jamaya Wilson, Muhamad Aziz, Kevin Thompson, Darayas N. Patel, Michael Johnson, Brent Koplitz, Xiaodong Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 11123, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications XIII; 1112302 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530359
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the polymer nanocomposite coatings doped with the nanoparticles of rare-earth (RE)-doped fluoride phosphor NaYF4:Yb³⁺, Er³⁺ for luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Concurrent multi-beam multi-target pulsed laser deposition (CMBMT-PLD) of the phosphor and a polymer conducted in open air was investigated as a candidate process for such coatings. Polymer poly(methyl methacrylate) known as PMMA was considered to be deposited on a glass substrate from a solid target using fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser concurrently with the phosphor. The sun light was absorbed by the phosphor nanoparticles embedded in polymer film and converted into near-infrared (NIR) radiation via the mechanism of downconversion (quantum cutting). The NIR radiation propagated via the glass substrate as a light guide and was converted into electric power with photovoltaic cells attached to the edges of the glass plate. The polymer did not exhibit degradation during the open-air deposition process. The proposed method is capable to coat economically commercial window-size substrates. The polymer nanocomposite LSCs have broad absorption band covering a significant portion of the solar radiation spectrum, high spectral conversion efficiency, and low reabsorption due to minimal overlap between the absorption and emission spectra (large Stokes shift).

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Abdalla M. Darwish, Sergey S. Sarkisov, Jamaya Wilson, Muhamad Aziz, Kevin Thompson, Darayas N. Patel, Michael Johnson, Brent Koplitz, and Xiaodong Zhang "Luminescent solar concentrators based on polymer nanocomposite films made by open-air pulsed laser deposition", Proc. SPIE 11123, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications XIII, 1112302 (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530359

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