Issue 8, 2011
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Energy & Environmental Science

Poly(lactic acid) as a transparent matrix for luminescent solar concentrators: a renewable material for a renewable energy technology†

Valeria Fattori,a   Manuela Melucci,*ab   Linda Ferrante,a   Massimo Zambianchi,a   Ilse Manet,a   Werner Oberhauser,b   Giuliano Giambastiani,b   Marco Frediani,*c   Guido Giachic  and  Nadia Camaioni*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (CNR-ISOF), Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: mmelucci@isof.cnr.it, camaioni@isof.cnr.it
Fax: +39 (0)51 6398349
Tel: +39(0)51 6399770

b Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM), Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

c University of Florence, Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, Via della Lastruccia 13, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
E-mail: marco.frediani@unifi.it
Fax: +39 (0)55 4573531
Tel: +39 (0)55 4573459

Abstract

The suitability of L-poly(lactic acid) (L-PLA) as a transparent matrix, alternative to poly(methylmetacrilate) (PMMA), for use in luminescent solar concentrators is herein demonstrated. Low molecular weight L-PLA-based films, both chemically modified or blended with an oligothiophene luminescent dye (T5OH), showed excellent processability, photostability, and exhibited fluorescence quantum yields (of about 35%) even higher than T5OH-doped PMMA.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1EE01391B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Apr 2011
Accepted
13 Jun 2011
First published
08 Jul 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 2849-2853

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Poly(lactic acid) as a transparent matrix for luminescent solar concentrators: a renewable material for a renewable energy technology

V. Fattori, M. Melucci, L. Ferrante, M. Zambianchi, I. Manet, W. Oberhauser, G. Giambastiani, M. Frediani, G. Giachi and N. Camaioni, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 2849 DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01391B

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