| Literature DB >> 28004453 |
Dario Cambié1, Fang Zhao1, Volker Hessel1, Michael G Debije2, Timothy Noël1.
Abstract
The use of solar light to promote chemical reactions holds significant potential with regard to sustainable energy solutions. While the number of visible light-induced transformations has increased significantly, the use of abundant solar light has been extremely limited. We report a leaf-inspired photomicroreactor that constitutes a merger between luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) and flow photochemistry to enable green and efficient reactions powered by solar irradiation. This device based on fluorescent dye-doped polydimethylsiloxane collects sunlight, focuses the energy to a narrow wavelength region, and then transports that energy to embedded microchannels where the flowing reactants are converted.Entities:
Keywords: energy conversion; luminescent solar concentrator; microreactors; photochemistry; solar energy
Year: 2016 PMID: 28004453 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611101
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336