Effects of Fabrication Methods on the Performance of Luminescent Solar Concentrators Based on Doped Polymer Optical Fibers

In this work, we detail two types of fabrication processes of four polymer optical fibers doped with lumogen dyes. The fiber preforms have been manufactured with two different methods: extrusion and casting. We have compared the performance of the two types of fibers as luminescent solar concentrato...

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Autores: Arrospide Zabala, Eneko, Illarramendi Leturia, María Asunción, Ayesta Ereño, Igor, Guarrotxena, Nekane, García, Olga, Zubia Zaballa, Joseba Andoni, Durana Apaolaza, Gaizka
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/50130
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/50130
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:polymer optical fibers
fiber fabrication
luminescent materials
luminescent solar concentrators
green energy
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Sumario:In this work, we detail two types of fabrication processes of four polymer optical fibers doped with lumogen dyes. The fiber preforms have been manufactured with two different methods: extrusion and casting. We have compared the performance of the two types of fibers as luminescent solar concentrators by calculating their optical efficiencies and concentration factors. The obtained results show better performance for those fibers manufactured by the casting process. We have also studied the photostability of the two types of fibers doped with the dye lumogen red under solar light radiation. A high thermal stability of the doped fibers has been observed.