Eu-doped ZnO quantum dots with solid-state fluorescence and dual emission for high-performance luminescent solar concentratorsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Materials Chemistry Frontiers, E-ISSN 2052-1537, Vol. 5, no 12, p. 4746-4755Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Heavy-metal-free quantum dots (QDs) are promising luminophores for luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) because of environmental friendliness, which is essential for industrial applications. In order to keep high optical quality and inhibit aggregation-induced quenching, usually QDs can only be loaded at low concentration in a polymer optical waveguide material for LSCs, which significantly impairs the power conversion efficiency (PCE). Thus, it is a challenge to fabricate high-performance LSCs with high QD loading. Here, dual emission Eu-doped ZnO QDs with strong solid-state fluorescence are synthesized via a simple sol–gel method, which enables two characteristic photoluminescence peaks at 551 nm and 614 nm. Furthermore, Eu-doped ZnO QDs with dual fluorescence emission are for the first time reported to be applied in LSCs. The performance of LSCs can be influenced by the loading concentration of Eu-doped ZnO QDs in polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) films. The obtained external optical efficiency (ηopt) of the LSCs based on Eu-doped ZnO QDs can be relatively high (4.37%) compared to the reported LSCs with a similar area when the loading concentration of Eu-doped ZnO QDs is up to 13.2% because of both their high photoluminescence intensity and dual fluorescence emission. Our results demonstrate that dual emission Eu-doped ZnO QDs with strong solid-state fluorescence are promising candidates as luminophores for LSCs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021. Vol. 5, no 12, p. 4746-4755
National Category
Other Physics Topics Materials Chemistry
Research subject
Experimental Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-84340DOI: 10.1039/D1QM00178GISI: 000647957700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85108293446OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-84340DiVA, id: diva2:1555578
Funder
The Kempe FoundationsKnut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Note
Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-06-23 (beamah);
Finansiär: National Natural Science Foundation of China (21774098); Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering (Sichuan University) (sklpme2019-4-26); National innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students (s202010497011)
2021-05-192021-05-192022-04-29Bibliographically approved