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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2024

Optimizing Horticulture Luminescent Solar Concentrators via Enhanced Diffuse Emission Enabled by Micro-Cone Arrays.

Zhijie Xu, Martyna Michalska, Ioannis Papakonstantinou

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Zhijie XuPhotonic Innovations Lab, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-8782-3872
Martyna MichalskaManufacturing Futures Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2910-2767
Ioannis PapakonstantinouPhotonic Innovations Lab, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1087-7020

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimizing the photon spectrum for photosynthesis concurrently with improving crop yields presents an efficient and sustainable pathway to alleviate global food shortages. Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), consisting of transparent host matrices doped with fluorophores, show excellent promise to achieve the desired spectral tailoring. However, conventional LSCs are predominantly engineered for photon concentration, which results in a limited outcoupling efficiency of converted photons. Here, we introduce a scheme to implement LSCs into horticulture (HLSC) by enhancing light extraction. The symmetry of the device is disrupted by incorporating microcone arrays on the bottom surface to mitigate total internal reflection. Both Monte Carlo ray tracing simulations and experimental results have verified that the greatest enhancements in converted light extraction, relative to planar LSCs, are achieved using microcone arrays (base width 50 μm, aspect ratio 1.2) with extruded and protruded profiles (85.15 and 66.55% improvement, respectively). Angularly resolved transmission measurements show that the HLSC device exhibits a broad angular radiation distribution. This characteristic indicates that the HLSC device emits diffuse light, which is conducive to optimal plant growth.

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bidirectional transmittance distribution functionhorticultureluminescent solar concentratorsmicroconesoutcoupling efficiencyspectral conversion

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PMID38748924
PMCPMC11145591

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