Reabsorption losses have long been holding back the commercial viability of luminescent solar concentrators. Now, non-toxic silicon-based quantum dots with enhanced Stokes shift may enable the technology to enjoy practical implementation.
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Debije, M. Semiconductor solution. Nature Photon 11, 143–144 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.20
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