Issue 33, 2024

Aggregation-induced emissive nanoarchitectures for luminescent solar concentrators

Abstract

Aggregation-induced emission (AIE), the phenomenon by which selected luminophores undergo the enhancement of emission intensity upon aggregation, has demonstrated potential in materials and biomaterials science, and in particular in those branches for which spectral management in the solid state is of fundamental importance. Its development in the area of luminescent spectral conversion devices like luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is instead still in its infancy. This account aims at summarizing relevant contributions made in this field so far, with a special emphasis on the design of molecular and macromolecular architectures capable of extending their spectral breadth to the deep-red (DR) and the near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. Because of the many prospective advantages characterizing these spectral regions in terms of photon flux density and human-eye perception, it is anticipated that further development in the design, synthesis and engineering of advanced molecular and macromolecular DR/NIR-active AIE luminophores will enable faster and easier integration of LSCs into the built environment as highly transparent, active elements for unobtrusive light-to-electricity conversion.

Graphical abstract: Aggregation-induced emissive nanoarchitectures for luminescent solar concentrators

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
03 May 2024
Accepted
25 Jul 2024
First published
25 Jul 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2024,16, 15502-15514

Aggregation-induced emissive nanoarchitectures for luminescent solar concentrators

E. Tatsi, A. Nitti, D. Pasini and G. Griffini, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 15502 DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01910E

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