Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) is a device to generate solar power. It uses luminescent plates either impregnated by luminescent substances or fluorescent thin films on transparent plates. The plates absorb solar light which is converted to fluorescence guided to plate edges where it emerges in a concentrated form. The concentration factor is directly proportional to the plate surface and inversely proportional to the plate edges. Such arrangement allows to use small amounts of solar cells as a result of concentration of fluorescent light. The fluorescent concentrator is able to concentrate both direct and diffuse light which is a specially important in cloudy days. The theoretical basis of concentration performance and other recent advances have been the subject of research.