Issue 23, 2012
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RSC Advances

Silk doped with a bio-modified dye as a viable platform for eco-friendly luminescent solar concentrators

Manuela Melucci,*ab   Margherita Durso,a   Laura Favaretto,a   Massimo L. Capobianco,a   Valentina Benfenati,*ac   Anna Sagnella,a   Giampiero Ruani,c   Michele Muccini,c   Roberto Zamboni,a   Valeria Fattoria  and  Nadia Camaioni*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF), Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: mmelucci@isof.cnr.it, camaioni@isof.cnr.it

b Istituto di Chimica dei composti Organometallici (ICCOM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesti Fiornetino, (FI), Italy

c Istituto per lo studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, (ISMN), Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: v.benfenati@ismn.bo.cnr.it

Abstract

The potential of fluorescent silk fibroin (SF) as a fully water-processable platform for an application in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is shown. SF preserves its mechanical properties when doped with a bio-modified dye and the dye shows enhanced fluorescence when embedded in silk. These features, combined with high optical transparency and high refractive index, make SF a viable eco-friendly matrix for LSCs.

Graphical abstract: Silk doped with a bio-modified dye as a viable platform for eco-friendly luminescent solar concentrators

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21568C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jul 2012
Accepted
26 Jul 2012
First published
26 Jul 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 8610-8613

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Silk doped with a bio-modified dye as a viable platform for eco-friendly luminescent solar concentrators

M. Melucci, M. Durso, L. Favaretto, M. L. Capobianco, V. Benfenati, A. Sagnella, G. Ruani, M. Muccini, R. Zamboni, V. Fattori and N. Camaioni, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 8610 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21568C

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