Plastic UV Radiation Protection Operating by Stokes Emission (PURPOSE PROJECT)

该项目旨在为广泛的应用开发新型能量收集产品。这将通过提高聚合物复合材料的性能来实现;更有效地利用太阳能/热能，更长的寿命和可回收性。这些改进源于使用新型无机荧光粉颗粒，将太阳紫外光下转换为电磁光谱的其他部分。随着低成本新型磷光体的加入，新的复合材料将具有更有效的紫外线防护（提供更长的寿命和增强的可回收性），为气候控制提供创新的热加热（在汽车和家庭内部），并增强植物生长（通过转换光来增加光合作用中使用的光的波长强度）。总之，这种通用技术能够在广泛的应用中提供显著的能源效益。

This project aims to develop novel energy harvesting products for a wide range of applications. This will be achieved by enhancing the properties of polymer composites; more efficient use of solar/therm-al energy, longer life and recyclability. These improvements stem from the use of novel inorganic phos-phor particles downconverting solar UV light to other parts of the electomagnetic spectrum. With the incorporation of low cost novel phosphors, the new composite materials will have more efficient UV protection (giving longer life and enhanced recyclability), provide innovative thermal heating for clim-ate control (in both car and domestic interiors), and give enhanced plant growth (by converting light to increase the intensity of the wavelengths of light used in photosynthesis). In summary, this generic tec-hnology has the ability to deliver significant energy benefits across a wide range of applications.