Scalable AIE emitters for luminescent solar concentrators: the role of fluorination

Andrea Nitti1, Elisavet Tatsi2, Enrico Magnani1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy. dario.pasini@unipv.it.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|February 5, 2026
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