Abstract
Fluorescent planar collector-concentrators are a new principle for solar energy conversion into electrical and thermal energy. Collection and concentration of direct and diffuse radiation is possible by the use of a stack of transparent sheets of material doped with fluorescent dyes. In combination with photovoltaic cells this type of collector offers the advantage of separating the various fractions of light and converting them with solar cells with different bandgaps. Theoretical estimates of the system, efficiency, real collector properties and first experimental results are given.
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Goetzberger, A., Wittwer, V. (1979). Fluorescent planar collector-concentrators for solar energy conversion. In: Treusch, J. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 19. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0108339
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