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CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite quantum dots integrated in luminescent solar concentrators

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    National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China

  • 2.

    College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China

  • 3.

    CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253-2778.2019.04.005
  • Received Date: 20 April 2018
  • Accepted Date: 22 May 2018
  • Rev Recd Date: 22 May 2018
  • Publish Date: 30 April 2019
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    Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have the potential to be integrated into buildings, which can serve as distributed energy generation units and achieve a high concentrating ratio without the traditional cooling and tracing systems. Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising candidates as emissive chromophores in LSCs, but self-absorption loss is still a hindrance to the enhancement of the efficiency of QD-LSCs. CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs were synthesized by ligand-assisted reprecipitation (LARP) technique that is low cost and convenient for scale-up fabrications. CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QD solution was used to fabricate a relatively large size LSC with a dimension of 78 mm×78 mm×7 mm. By optimizing synthesis of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs, absorption and emission spectra were tuned to minimize the overlap, thus reducing self-absorption losses in waveguide transmission. Thanks to the suppressed reabsorption, the LSC with a dimension of 78 mm×78 mm×7 mm fabricated from CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs exhibited an optical efficiency as high as 24.5% and a power conversion efficiency of 3.4%. It shows that CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs as suitable emitters could be excellent candidates for efficient large-area LSCs in future building-integrated photovoltaics.

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    Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have the potential to be integrated into buildings, which can serve as distributed energy generation units and achieve a high concentrating ratio without the traditional cooling and tracing systems. Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising candidates as emissive chromophores in LSCs, but self-absorption loss is still a hindrance to the enhancement of the efficiency of QD-LSCs. CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs were synthesized by ligand-assisted reprecipitation (LARP) technique that is low cost and convenient for scale-up fabrications. CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QD solution was used to fabricate a relatively large size LSC with a dimension of 78 mm×78 mm×7 mm. By optimizing synthesis of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs, absorption and emission spectra were tuned to minimize the overlap, thus reducing self-absorption losses in waveguide transmission. Thanks to the suppressed reabsorption, the LSC with a dimension of 78 mm×78 mm×7 mm fabricated from CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs exhibited an optical efficiency as high as 24.5% and a power conversion efficiency of 3.4%. It shows that CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite QDs as suitable emitters could be excellent candidates for efficient large-area LSCs in future building-integrated photovoltaics.
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    [1]
    WEBER W H, LAMBE J. Luminescent greenhouse collector for solar-radiation [J]. Appl Optics, 1976, 15(10): 2299-2300.
    [2]
    GOETZBERGER A, GREUBEL W. Solar-energy conversion with fluorescent collectors [J]. Appl Phys, 1977, 14(2): 123-139.
    [3]
    ZHANG Y, SUN S, KANG R, et al. Polymethylmethacrylate-based luminescent solar concentrators with bottom-mounted solar cells [J]. Energ Convers Manage, 2015, 95: 187-192.
    [4]
    LI H B, WU K F, LIM J, et al. Doctor-blade deposition of quantum dots onto standard window glass for low-loss large-area luminescent solar concentrators [J]. Nat Energy, 2016, 1: 16157.
    [5]
    MEINARDI F, MCDANIEL H, CARULLI F, et al. Highly efficient large-area colourless luminescent solar concentrators using heavy-metal-free colloidal quantum dots [J]. Nat Nanotechnol, 2015, 10(10): 878-885.
    [6]
    SONG H-J, JEONG B G, LIM J, et al. Performance limits of luminescent solar concentrators tested with seed/quantum-well quantum dots in a selective-reflector-based optical cavity [J]. Nano Lett, 2018, 18(1): 395-404.
    [7]
    NIKOLAIDOU K, SARANG S, HOFFMAN C, et al. Hybrid perovskite thin films as highly efficient luminescent solar concentrators [J]. Adv Opt Mater, 2016, 4(12): 2126-2132.
    [8]
    SLOOFF L H, BENDE E E, BURGERS A R, et al. A luminescent solar concentrator with 7.1% power conversion efficiency [J]. Phys Status Solidi-R, 2008, 2(6): 257-259.
    [9]
    MIRERSHADI S, AHMADI-KANDJANI S. Efficient thin luminescent solar concentrator based on organometal halide perovskite [J]. Dyes Pigments, 2015, 120: 15-21.
    [10]
    AL-DOURI Y, KHASAWNEH Q, KIWAN S, et al. Structural and optical insights to enhance solar cell performance of CdS nanostructures [J]. Energ Convers Manage, 2014, 82: 238-243.
    [11]
    MEINARDI F, COLOMBO A, VELIZHANIN K A, et al. Large-area luminescent solar concentrators based on 'Stokes-shift-engineered' nanocrystals in a mass-polymerized PMMA matrix [J]. Nat Photonics, 2014, 8(5): 392-399.
    [12]
    KRUMER Z, VAN SARK W G J H M, SCHROPP R E I, et al. Compensation of self-absorption losses in luminescent solar concentrators by increasing luminophore concentration [J]. Sol Energ Mat Sol C, 2017, 167: 133-139.
    [13]
    HA S T, SU R, XING J, et al. Metal halide perovskite nanomaterials: Synthesis and applications [J]. Chem Sci, 2017, 8(4): 2522-2536.
    [14]
    ERICKSON C S, BRADSHAW L R, MCDOWALL S, et al. Zero-reabsorption doped-nanocrystal luminescent solar concentrators [J]. ACS Nano, 2014, 8(4): 3461-3467.
    [15]
    ZHOU Y F, BENETTI D, FAN Z Y, et al. Near infrared, highly efficient luminescent solar concentrators [J]. Adv Energy Mater, 2016, 6(11): 1501913.
    [16]
    LEVCHUK I, HERRE P, BRANDL M, et al. Ligand-assisted thickness tailoring of highly luminescent colloidal CH3NH3PbX3 (X=Br and I) perovskite nanoplatelets [J]. Chem Commun, 2017, 53(1): 244-247.
    [17]
    HUANG H, SUSHA A S, KERSHAW S V, et al. Control of emission color of high quantum yield CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite quantum dots by precipitation temperature [J]. Adv Sci, 2015, 2(9): 1500194.
    [18]
    ZHANG F, HUANG S, WANG P, et al. Colloidal synthesis of air-stable CH3NH3PbI3 quantum dots by gaining chemical insight into the solvent effects [J]. Chem Mater, 2017, 29(8): 3793-3799.
    [19]
    KOJIMA A, TESHIMA K, SHIRAI Y, et al. Organometal halide perovskites as visible-light sensitizers for photovoltaic cells [J]. J Am Chem Soc, 2009, 131(17): 6050-6051.
    [20]
    ZHAO H G, ZHOU Y F, BENETTI D, et al. Perovskite quantum dots integrated in large-area luminescent solar concentrators [J]. Nano Energy, 2017, 37: 214-223.
    [21]
    FU P F, SHAN Q S, SHANG Y Q, et al. Perovskite nanocrystals: Synthesis, properties and applications [J]. Sci Bull, 2017, 62(5): 369-380.
    [22]
    ZHANG Y, SUN S, KANG R, et al. Enhanced efficiency of the luminescent solar concentrator fabricated with an aqueous layer [J]. Chin Opt Lett, 2014, 12(7): 073501.
    [23]
    ZHANG N N, ZHANG Y, BAO J, et al. Luminescent solar concentrators with a bottom-mounted photovoltaic cell: Performance optimization and power gain analysis [J]. Chin Opt Lett, 2017, 15(6): 063501.
    [24]
    ZHANG F, ZHONG H Z, CHEN C, et al. Brightly luminescent and color-tunable colloidal CH3NH3PbX3 (X=Br, I, Cl) quantum dots: Potential alternatives for display technology [J]. ACS Nano, 2015, 9(4): 4533-4542.
    [25]
    LIU Y C, YANG Z, CUI D, et al. Two-inch-sized perovskite CH3NH3PbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) crystals: Growth and characterization [J]. Adv Mater, 2015, 27(35): 5176-5183.)
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