Every photon counts: Understanding and optimizing photon paths in luminescent solar concentrator-based photomicroreactors (LSC-PMs)

Dario Cambié; Fang Zhao; Volker Hessel; Michael G. Debije; Timothy Noël

doi:10.1039/c7re00077d

Every photon counts: Understanding and optimizing photon paths in luminescent solar concentrator-based photomicroreactors (LSC-PMs)

Dario Cambié
, Fang Zhao
, Volker Hessel
, Michael G. Debije^*
, Timothy Noël

^*Corresponding author for this work

Eindhoven University of Technology

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Luminescent solar concentrator-based photomicroreactors (LSC-PMs) have been recently proposed for sustainable and energy-efficient photochemical reactions. Herein, a Monte Carlo ray tracing algorithm to simulate photon paths within LSC-PMs was developed and experimentally validated. The simulation results were then used to investigate the expected efficiency of scaled-up devices. A novel metric, defined as the 'Average Photon Path Traveled in the Device' (APPTD), was introduced to measure the impact of different channel design choices and to rationalize the LSC-PM improvement over traditional LSC. The simulation results suggest that the combination of luminescent solar concentrators and continuous-flow photochemistry has the potential to become the most photon-efficient application of LSCs reported to date.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	561-566
Number of pages	6
Journal	Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7re00077d
State	Published - Aug 2017
Externally published	Yes

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