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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University College London
Efficiency and loss mechanisms of plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Proposed for the first time to introduce nanoplasmonics for solar energy harvesting in Luminescent Solar Concentrators. Performance was improved by >30% compared with plain devices. Research formed the foundation for Marie-Curie grant Solar-PLUS (No.293567) with a value of €100k. Solar-PLUS was in the top 5% of over 400 applications in the same call (contact:Luis.GARCIA-DOMINGUEZ@ec.europa.eu). UCL contributed an additional £42k for a PhD studentship (contact:a.knowles@ucl.ac.uk). Papakonstantinou was invited in 2013 to join the committee of the Optical Society of America Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress, a major conference in nanotechnologies for renewable applications and to chair the Optics session.