Technische Universität München
Building integration of
Silicon-photovoltaic (Si-PV) panels into urban infrastructure faces efficiency
and aesthetic concerns. An effective alternative is the luminescent solar
concentrators (LSCs), in which the emitters embedded in polymer blocks capture
and guide the sun irradiation to the edges where Si-PV panels are placed. The
best LSCs are based on rare-earth and/or toxic emitters, which undermines the
sustainability of this technology.[1] In this context, a few groups have implemented biogenic emitters like
fluorescent proteins (FPs) and protein systems in liquid-state LSCs, reaching
the maximum optical efficiency (ηopt) of 6.88 % - Figure 1 .[2] However, liquid-state LSCs face low photostability and easy leakage
issues. Herein, we demonstrated the concept of FP solid-state LSCs, integrating
an archetypal FP (T-Sapphire) in light-guiding epoxy materials of arbitrary
shapes. [3] They were optimized with respect to the water content and the
type/amount of stabilizers, fairly keeping the photoluminescence features over
250 days under storage conditions. This allowed us to fabricate FP solid-state
LSCs that achieved a 32-fold enhanced stability compared to liquid-state LSCs
(8 days vs. 6 h) and the best ηopt of 7.41 %. Overall, this work
provides a key advancement towards truly sustainable LSCs, marking a major step
towards biologized photovoltaics.
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