Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Conferences, Workshops, Symposiums, and Seminars
  4. Principles of Monte-Carlo ray-tracing simulations of quantum dot solar concentrators
 
conference paper

Principles of Monte-Carlo ray-tracing simulations of quantum dot solar concentrators

Schueler, A.  
•
Kostro, A.  
•
Galande, C.
Show more
2007
Proceedings Of Ises Solar World Congress 2007: Solar Energy And Human Settlement, Vols I-V
Solar World Congress of the International-Solar-Energy-Society

A tool for ray tracing simulations of quantum dot solar concentrators is developed on the basis of Monte-Carlo methods that are applied to polarization-dependent reflection/transmission at interfaces, photon absorption by the semiconductor nanocrystals and photoluminescent reemission. A real time three-dimensional representation of the beam trajectories provides the user with an immediate visual control of the optical behavior of the simulated system. The software allows importing measured or theoretical absorption/reemission spectra describing the photoluminescent properties of the quantum dots. Hereby the properties of photoluminescent reemission are described by a set of emission spectra depending on the energy of the incoming photon. The inverse function method is then used to simulate the photoluminescent emission according to the corresponding photon energy distribution. For quantum dot containing systems, the simulated and measured transmission spectra are matching closely. Simulated spectra of the concentrated radiation exhibit the redshift which is typical for planar photoluminescent concentrators.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
conference paper
Web of Science ID

WOS:000252634501013

Author(s)
Schueler, A.  
Kostro, A.  
Galande, C.
del Olmo, M. Valle
de Chambrier, E.  
Huriet, B.
Date Issued

2007

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

Published in
Proceedings Of Ises Solar World Congress 2007: Solar Energy And Human Settlement, Vols I-V
ISBN of the book

978-7-302-16146-2

Start page

1033

End page

1037

Subjects

Energy Conversion

•

Cdse Nanocrystals

•

Efficiency

•

Cells

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

Written at

EPFL

EPFL units
LESO-PB  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Solar World Congress of the International-Solar-Energy-Society

Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA

Sep 18-21, 2007

Available on Infoscience
July 4, 2012
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/83576
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés