Emergence of highly transparent photovoltaics for distributed applications
| Autor: | Christopher J. Traverse, Miles C. Barr, Richard R. Lunt, Richa Pandey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Global energy
Engineering Light transmission Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Energy Engineering and Power Technology Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Solar energy 01 natural sciences Engineering physics Energy storage 0104 chemical sciences Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Fuel Technology Photovoltaics Software deployment ComputerSystemsOrganization_SPECIAL-PURPOSEANDAPPLICATION-BASEDSYSTEMS Building-integrated photovoltaics 0210 nano-technology business Built environment |
| Zdroj: | Nature Energy. 2:849-860 |
| ISSN: | 2058-7546 |
| Popis: | Solar energy offers a viable solution to our growing energy need. While adoption of conventional photovoltaics on rooftops and in solar farms has grown rapidly in the last decade, there is still plenty of opportunity for expansion. See-through solar technologies with partial light transmission developed over the past 30 years have initiated methods of integration not possible with conventional modules. The large-scale deployment necessary to offset global energy consumption could be further accelerated by developing fully invisible solar cells that selectively absorb ultraviolet and near-infrared light, allowing many of the surfaces of our built environment to be turned into solar harvesting arrays without impacting the function or aesthetics. Here, we review recent advances in photovoltaics with varying degrees of visible light transparency. We discuss the figures of merit necessary to characterize transparent photovoltaics, and outline the requirements to enable their widespread adoption in buildings, windows, electronic device displays, and automobiles. Transparency offers integration routes unavailable to opaque photovoltaics. Here, Lunt and co-workers review recent progress in transparent solar technologies, highlight technical challenges and measurement considerations, and review performance requirements for various applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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