Eu-doped ZnO quantum dots with solid-state fluorescence and dual emission for high-performance luminescent solar concentrators Show 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
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Other Physics Topics Materials Chemistry
Research subject Experimental Physics
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-84340 DOI: 10.1039/D1QM00178G ISI: 000647957700001 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85108293446 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-84340 DiVA, id: diva2:1555578
Funder The Kempe Foundations Knut 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)
2021-05-192021-05-192025-10-21 Bibliographically approved