Using amorphous silicon solar cells to boost the viability of luminescent solar concentrators
| Autor: | Farrell, D.J., van Sark, W.G.J.H.M., Velthuijsen, S., Schropp, R.E.I., Nanophotonics, Options for a sustainable energy supply, Sub Science, Technology & Society begr., Sub Physics of devices begr 1/1/17 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Amorphous silicon
Materials science business.industry Hybrid solar cell Quantum dot solar cell Condensed Matter Physics Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells Polymer solar cell Monocrystalline silicon chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Taverne Optoelectronics Solar simulator Plasmonic solar cell business |
| Zdroj: | Physica Status Solidi C, 7(3-4), 1045. Wiley-VCH Verlag |
| ISSN: | 1610-1642 1862-6351 1610-1634 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pssc.200982866 |
| Popis: | We have, for the first time, designed and fabricated hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells to be used in conjunction with Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs). LSCs are planar plastic sheets doped with organic dyes that absorb solar illumination and down shift the energy to narrowband luminescence which is collected by solar cells attached to the sheet edge. We fabricated an LSC module with two bonded solar cells and performed characterisation with the cells connected in series and parallel configurations. We find that the LSC module has an optical collection efficiency of 9.5% and an optimum power conversion efficiency of approaching 1% when the cells are in a parallel connection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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