Harnessing the Synergetic Effects of Ag, Mn Dopants in Eco‐Friendly Ultraviolet Selective Quantum Dots for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Abstract

AbstractQuantum dots (QDs) are promising building blocks for luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), yet most QD‐based LSCs suffer from toxic metal composition and color tinting. UV‐selective harvesting QDs can enable visible transparency, but their development is restricted by large reabsorption losses and low photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). The developed here Ag, Mn: ZnInS2/ZnS QDs show a high PLQY of 53% due to the passivating effect of ZnS shell. These QDs selectively absorb UV light and emit orange‐red light with a large Stokes shift of 180 nm. A LSC of 5 × 5 × 0.2 cm3, fabricated using a poly(lauryl methacrylate) (PLMA) as a matrix, maintains 87% of integrated PL after 7 h of UV exposure. The QD‐PLMA achieved 90.7% average visible transparency (AVT) and a color rendering index (CRI) of 95.8, which is close to plain PLMA (AVT = 90.8%; CRI = 99.5), yielding excellent visible light transparency. Incorporating Si‐PVs at LSC edges, the Ag, Mn: ZIS/ZnS QD‐LSC achieved an optical efficiency of 1.42%, ranking competitively among high‐performing UV‐harvesting LSCs.