Charge yield potential of indoor-operated solar cells incorporated into Product Integrated Photovoltaic (PIPV)

Reich, N.H.; Sark, W.G.J.H.M. van; Turkenburg, Wim

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2010.07.018

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“…Controlled light absorption is a topic of particular importance for applications such as photovoltaic solar [1] and indoor cells [2] or sensors [3]. In order to decrease the costs and facilitate the integration of those devices, the use of thin layers of active materials is preferred.…”

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Modal approach for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane

Peretti

Gomard

Seassal

et al. 2012

Journal of Applied Physics

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In this paper, we propose a method for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane. For that purpose, we first applied Time Domain Coupled Mode Theory to such a subwavelength membrane and demonstrated that 100% resonant absorption can be reached even for a symmetric membrane, if degenerate modes are involved. Design rules were then derived from this model in order to tune the absorption. Subsequently, Finite Difference Time Domain simulations were used as a proof of concept and carried out on a low absorbing material (extinction coefficient=10 -2 ) with a high refractive index corresponding to the optical indices of amorphous silicon at around 720 nm. In doing so, 85% resonant absorption was obtained, which is significantly higher than the commonly reported 50% maximum value. Those results were finally analyzed and confronted to theory so as to extend our method to other materials, configurations and applications.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modal approach for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane

Peretti

Gomard

Seassal

et al. 2012

Journal of Applied Physics

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“…1), thermalization losses, and below bandgap (Eg) losses of incoming light. 15,16,12 Also, we do not include the radiative recombination in the junction, which determines the theoretical saturation current of the device (refer to Section 5.3 Optimized Energy Conversion). Figure 5 shows illustrations of these different losses.…”

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“…This has already been demonstrated in existing PV indoor low power applications. 11,12 Unfortunately, these existing systems are not as efficient as possible because of inaccurate PV assumptions. All PV cells are rated under global AM 1.5G spectrum STC ranging from 280 to 4000 nm at 84.4 mWopt/cm 2 .…”

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Low Illumination Light (LIL) Solar Cells: Indoor and Monochromatic Light Harvesting

Russo¹,

Ray²,

Litz³

et al. 2015

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“…Indeed, because our goal is to determine which light sources are relevant for a possible new standard for the indoor characterization of solar cells, it is the spectrum of the light sources that distinguishes the light sources, and not the low intensity, which is present for all light sources and will affect the cells equally over all light sources. We refer to [10,[49][50][51][52][53] for details of the influence of low intensity on the characteristics of different types of solar cells. Moreover, we also considered all suitable artificial indoor light sources and selected relevant ones which could be utilized as a standard for the indoor characterization.…”

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A Proposal for Typical Artificial Light Sources for the Characterization of Indoor Photovoltaic Applications

2014

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There are currently no international norms which define a method for characterizing photovoltaic solar cells for indoor applications. The current standard test conditions are not relevant indoors. By performing efficiency simulations based on the quantum efficiency of typical solar cells and the light spectra of typical artificial light sources, we are able to propose the first step for developing a standard by determining which light sources are relevant for indoor PV characterization and which are not or are redundant. Our simulations lead us to conclude that indoor light sources can be divided into three different categories. For the characterization of photovoltaic solar cells in indoor environments, we propose that solar cells be measured under one light source from each group.

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Charge yield potential of indoor-operated solar cells incorporated into Product Integrated Photovoltaic (PIPV)

Cited by 90 publications

References 10 publications

Modal approach for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane

Modal approach for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane

Low Illumination Light (LIL) Solar Cells: Indoor and Monochromatic Light Harvesting

A Proposal for Typical Artificial Light Sources for the Characterization of Indoor Photovoltaic Applications

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