Modelling and analysis of the influence of solar spectrum on the efficiency of photovoltaic modules

Rodziewicz, T.; Rajfur, Małgorzata; Teneta, Janusz; Świsłowski, Paweł; Wacławek, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2021.01.013

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“…In the cold climate of Prague, opaque BIPV performed better with regards to vertical integration than a-Si STPV windows. This was also evident for Athens According to Rodziewicz et al [19], in stationary applications of facade integrated PVs, with the important effect of the conversion of the diffuse part of the irradiation spectrum, single and multijunction a-Si thin films can be more appropriate and a-Si structures, showed better performance at low irradiance conditions. In the results of the present study, c-Si has been found more efficient for building integration in facades than single a-Si thin-film devices for windows, since the diffused component was reduced due to the increase in the reflected component while the percentage contribution of the direct component to the total was the same (45.5%) (although reduced due to inclination).…”

Section: Bipv Electricity Generation In Each Climatementioning

confidence: 75%

The effect of local climatic conditions on the building integration of photovoltaics

Σκάνδαλος

Kapsalis

Karamanis

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The current work reports on the effect of local climatic conditions on electricity generation of typical building integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPVs). Three different climates of a) semi-continental with increased heating needs, b) Mediterranean with moderate heating and cooling needs and c) hot desert with high cooling needs are considered for BIPV systems. The evaluation of the BIPV electricity generation was done through validated TRNSYS simulations. The findings show that local climatic conditions influence the BIPV electricity generation due mainly to the temperature effect and the different interaction of the solar radiation components with the PV building integration.

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Section: Bipv Electricity Generation In Each Climatementioning

confidence: 75%

The effect of local climatic conditions on the building integration of photovoltaics

Σκάνδαλος

Kapsalis

Karamanis

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Regarding the bandgap dependence on the surrounding environment, it was reported that the optimum energy bandgap of SC absorber in either single or multijunction configuration can be altered in higher latitudes and under different solar spectrum conditions including extraterrestrial AM0. [545,546] This could be extended as an indicative approach of bandgap tuning to match a particular solar spectrum available at different atmospheres for maximum power generation. [197] Extraterrestrial application scenarios, where SCs could be exposed to high energy degrading UV radiation, could benefit from spectral cooling approaches with UV-reflection features.…”

Section: Aerospace Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

Meddeb

Götz‐Köhler

Neugebohrn

et al. 2022

Advanced Energy Materials

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solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass, to enable a steady mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing the planetary climate change and global warming. [5][6][7] Additionally, due to the economic development and the worldwide urbanization, a continuous rise of the global energy consumption across all key sectors, that is, power, heating, industry, and transport is occurring. This is expressed by an increase in the annual global electricity demand by 4.5% in 2021 corresponding to additional 1000 TWh. [4] Hence, strict criteria for the selection of competitive and abundant energy alternatives are imposed, requiring high yield at affordable prices. [8] The share of total renewables power generation excluding hydropower exceeded 3000 TWh in 2020, corresponding to almost 12% of the global electricity generation. [3] Considering an effective synergy between various sustainable energy candidates, solar photovoltaics (PV) have demonstrated great capabilities that can satisfy the requirements in the pathway towards 100% renewable electricity. [9][10][11][12] Owing to the research and development activities over the last decades, the power conversion efficiencies of solar cells (SC) have skyrocketed with a prolonged operation lifetime (>15 years) and a drastic plummeting in manufacturing costs (global average module selling price below $0.25 per W). [6,[13][14][15] The rapid universal deployment of PV resulted in a contribution of about 3.4% in the worldwide electricity generation in 2020. [3] Presently, the global installed PV capacity is approaching 1 TW and it is envisioned to reach ≈10 TW by 2030 and 30 to 70 TW by 2050. [16] Interestingly, along with massive electricity production using conventional solar power plants and rooftop solar panels, ancillary concepts of PV offer new strategies for supplying modern systems in versatile applications. [17][18][19] Moreover, diverse functionalities beyond solar energy harvesting can be afforded by adaptive PV, including aesthetic appearance, visual comfort and thermal management. [17,18,20,21] The distributed nature and the ubiquitous accessibility of multifunctional PV products are substantial features of solar PV in contrast to other renewable energies. However, traditional SCs dominating the market impose intrinsic optoelectronic and thermomechanical limitations, that prohibit their multifunctional utilization. To overcome these drawbacks, novel functional materials and innovative device architecture Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV technologies is one of the major contributors of the ongoing energy transition in electricity power sector. However, the diversity of PV paradigms can open different opportunities for supplying modern systems in a wide range of terrestrial, marine, and aerospace applications. Such ubiquitous and versatile applications necessitate the development of PV technologies with customized desig...

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“…From Fig. 5(a), the solar radiation covers the ultra-broad bandwidths from the NIR region (from 780 nm to 2526 nm) to the deep-UV (DUV) range (from 190 nm to 280 nm) [18,176,177]. According to the aforementioned introduction of the building materials, a meta-lens that is formed using different materials generally operates at the corresponding spectrum, and thereby, we will introduce the high-focusing-efficiency optical meta-lenses in terms of their working wavelengths, including the NIR [169,174,[178][179][180][181][182], visible [134,152,164,165,[183][184][185][186][187], and UV bands [146,148,149,[188][189][190][191][192][193].…”

Section: Focusing Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…UV radiation makes up over 8% of the total solar radiation as shown in Fig. 5(a) [18,176,177]. Hence, it is necessary to broaden the operation bandwidth of meta-lenses to match the solar spectra to achieve a better energy collection efficiency.…”

Section: Operation Bandwidthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Planar metasurface-based concentrators for solar energy harvest: from theory to engineering

et al. 2022

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Solar energy is an inexhaustible renewable energy resource, which is a potential solution to global warming and aids sustainable development. The use of solar-thermal collectors to harness solar energy facilitates low-cost heat storage and can improve the stability of power grids based on renewable energy. In solar-thermal collectors, traditional concentrators, such as parabolic troughs and dishes, are typically used but inevitably require high-precise supports and complex tracking sun systems, which increase the cost of solar-thermal power stations and hinder their further applications. In contrast, planar meta-lenses (so-called metasurface-based concentrators) consisting of two-dimensional nanostructured arrays are allowed to engineer the frequency dispersion and angular dispersion of the incident light through delicately arranging the aperture phase distribution, thereby correcting their inherent aberrations. Accordingly, the novel meta-lenses offer tremendous potentials to effectively capture broadband, wide-angle sunlight without the extra tracking system. This review summarizes the research motivation, design principles, building materials, and large-area fabrication methods of meta-lens for solar energy harvesting in terms of focusing efficiency, operation bandwidth, and angular dependence. In addition, the main challenges and future goals are examined.

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Modelling and analysis of the influence of solar spectrum on the efficiency of photovoltaic modules

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

The effect of local climatic conditions on the building integration of photovoltaics

The effect of local climatic conditions on the building integration of photovoltaics

Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

Planar metasurface-based concentrators for solar energy harvest: from theory to engineering

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