Fluorescent Optical Concentration of Uncollimated Sunlight

Project description

New concentrator designs to better focus light onto solar cells

The Sun is a clean and inexhaustible source of energy, with the potential to provide a sustainable answer to future energy supply demands. However, the high diffusion of solar light impedes high-efficiency, low-cost energy conversion at a large scale. The EU-funded FOCUS project proposes a radically different design of luminescent solar concentrators (devices that concentrate radiation), where waveguides are replaced by nanophotonic lenses. Proper thin-film materials that concentrate light will be investigated to create collimated, monochromatic, high-intensity beams that will benefit photovoltaics and photocatalysis applications.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › catalysis › photocatalysis
• engineering and technology › materials engineering
• engineering and technology › nanotechnology › nanophotonics
• natural sciences › biological sciences › botany
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › solar energy › photovoltaic

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2021-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

Call for proposal

ERC-2021-COG

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based

Coordinator

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN

Net EU contribution

€ 2 998 125,00

Address

Winthontlaan 2
3526 KV Utrecht
Netherlands

Region

West-Nederland › Utrecht › Utrecht

Activity type

Research Organisations

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Other funding

€ 0,00