The solar noise barrier project: 2. The effect of street art on performance of a large scale luminescent solar concentrator prototype

Debije, Michael G.; Tzikas, C.; Rajkumar, Vikram A.; Jong, M.M. de

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2017.07.025

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“…Widespread utility of solar technologies requires lowering the cost of highly-efficient photovoltaics devices while also ensuring compatibility and integration with urban infrastructures, such as buildings, houses, or noise-barriers. [1][2][3][4] Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are large-area and planar spectral downconverting devices that function as a lightharvesting accessory to small-area photovoltaic cells. 5 A typical LSC consists of a planar glass or plastic waveguide with chromophores dispersed on the surface of a waveguide or embedded within a high refractive index matrix for waveguiding (Fig.…”

Section: The Light-harvesting Efficiency Of Luminescent Solar Concentmentioning

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Aggregation-induced emission-mediated spectral downconversion in luminescent solar concentrators

Zhang

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Jones

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Mater. Chem. Front.

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Section: The Light-harvesting Efficiency Of Luminescent Solar Concentmentioning

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Aggregation-induced emission-mediated spectral downconversion in luminescent solar concentrators

Zhang

Banal

Jones

et al. 2018

Mater. Chem. Front.

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“…However, in locations where it is inappropriate or outright impossible to deploy standard solar panels, the usage of LSC PV modules could be actually preferred to silicon PV modules. Such locations include, but are not limited to, shady locations, North walls of buildings, and noise barriers [8], [9] where complete transparency is desired, street-level installations where appearance and robustness are required, or where space is not at a priority. Their relative insensitivity to solar conditions [3] could make LSC PV modules ideal for integration into locations such as bus stop shelters, sound barrier walls, park benches, and other urban applications.…”

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Measured Efficiency of a Luminescent Solar Concentrator PV Module Called Leaf Roof

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Debije

Rosemann

2017

IEEE J. Photovoltaics

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Abstract-A functional prototype of a luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic (LSC PV) module, called Leaf Roof, aims at demonstrating the design features of LSC PV technologies such as coloring, transparency, and flexibility in physical shape. In this paper, the prototype is presented and the first measurements of its performance are shown. The geometrical gain of this new type of PV module is 3.6. For two types of Leaf Roof modules, I-V curves have been measured resulting in efficiencies of 5.8% for a red-colored PV module, and 5.5% for a green-colored PV module under similar conditions. These results demonstrate colorful, robust solar energy collectors which can be produced in a wide variety of shapes are viable, attractive devices for use in building integrated systems. Additionally, thanks to the use of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a cell encapsulant, the Leaf Roof modules are less susceptible to energy losses at elevated temperatures due to high irradiance and high ambient temperature conditions.

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“…After validating by on‐site tests, the model was used for studying the impacts of orientation, tilt, location, cell position, and bypass‐diode configuration on the energy harvesting performance. A series of real‐time experiments have been performed on the integration of luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) into noise barriers on roadways in Netherlands . The LSCs are polymer plates filled with fluorescent molecules, which re‐emit the incident sunlight at a longer wavelength, while a fraction is trapped in the polymer plates due to their high refractive index.…”

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“…A series of real-time experiments have been performed on the integration of luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) into noise barriers on roadways in Netherlands. [41][42][43] The LSCs are polymer plates filled with fluorescent molecules, which re-emit the incident sunlight at a longer wavelength, while a fraction is trapped in the polymer plates due to their high refractive index. The trapped light is converted into electricity by means of thin PV cells attached to the narrow edges of the plates.…”

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Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

2019

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Summary Energy harvesting from pavements has been a topic of extensive research in the recent past. This domain has attracted not only the research community but also the industry and governmental authorities. The various sources exploited for energy harvesting from pavements and roadways are solar radiation, mechanical energy dissipated due to moving vehicles and pedestrians, geothermal energy, rainwater, and wind. This article presents an exhaustive and updated review of all potential means of energy harvesting from these sources. Following the introductory section, the article sequentially covers the energy harvesting methods and their research progress, materials, development of practical systems, commercial status, comparison of technologies, challenges, and concluding remarks. This study reveals that there is wide scope for further research and feasibility studies, which could lead to a wide‐spread implementation of the various technologies for energy harvesting from pavements and roads.

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The solar noise barrier project: 2. The effect of street art on performance of a large scale luminescent solar concentrator prototype

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Aggregation-induced emission-mediated spectral downconversion in luminescent solar concentrators

Aggregation-induced emission-mediated spectral downconversion in luminescent solar concentrators

Measured Efficiency of a Luminescent Solar Concentrator PV Module Called Leaf Roof

Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

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