Outdoor testing and solar simulation for oxazine 750 laser dye luminescent solar concentrator

A single dye luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) has been prepared using oxazine 750 dye and PMMA, dissolved in benzene. The solar simulation of the LSC has been performed at four different positions using an X-Y tracker. The hourly output power and global solar radiation has also been measured for a full year from April 1995 to March 1996, considering day 21 as a reference day. The output power curves were studied for each month separately and averaged through four seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring. The optical efficiency was also calculated and discussed. To test the field performance expectations for the LSC used, nonlinear correlations between horizontal data and some other positions have been also carried out and discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.