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Characterisation of the Optical and Electrical Properties of a 3d-Printed Luminescent Solar Concentrator

Capener, Richard; Manning, Jake; Itrych, Piotr; Baldock, Sara J; Danos, Lefteris

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Abstract

A Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) was fabricated using stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing by doping a commercially available liquid resin with the widely used dye. The LSC was optically and electrically characterised through optical spectroscopy and current-voltage electrical measurements. Its performance was found to be comparable to that of an injection-moulded LSC with a similar dye concentration. We demonstrated that the transparency of the printed resin improves significantly following a sanding and polishing process with only minimal bulk scattering contributions as determined through optical measurements. The approach was successfully scaled up by fabricating a larger LSC, confirming the viability of 3D printing as a flexible and accessible method enabling fast, low-cost fabrication for research-scale LSC development. This is the first demonstration of an LSC fabricated via 3D printing, showing promising results and highlighting the potential of this approach as a flexible research tool for optimising LSC performance.

Keywords

Luminescent Solar Concentrator ; 3D printing ; Dye ; Indoor Photovoltaics ; Solar Cells

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