Thin-film solar cells on commercial ceramic tiles

Iencinella, D.; Centurioni, E.; Busana, Maria Grazia

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.030

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“…This work thus adopts single-crystal solar cells combined with a ceramic tile for efficient photoelectron conversion and steady electrical power generation. This approach is based on the ideas presented in Iencinella et al, which integrated thin film -Si solar cells with 10 cm × 10 cm ceramic tiles [17]. Ceramic tiles are often used as building materials and have the advantages of high porosity and high thermal conductivity.…”

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Analysis and Monitoring Results of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Using PV Ceramic Tiles in Taiwan

Huang

Chan

Kuan

et al. 2014

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Single-crystal silicon-based solar cells laminated with tempered-glass and ceramic tiles for use in a building’s façade have been developed. The optical, thermal, and electrical properties of the proposed PV module are first evaluated, and then a wind-resistance test is carried out to evaluate the feasibility of installing it in Taiwan. The electrical and deflection characteristics of the proposed PV module did not change significantly after a 50 thermal cycling test and a 200-hour humidity-freeze test, based on IEC 61215 and a wind-resistance test. Finally, the electrical power generation ability of the proposed BIPV system with 1 kWp electrical power capacity was examined. Building information modeling software tools were used to simulate the BIPV system and carry out the energy analysis. The simulation results show a very consistent trend with regard to the actual monthly electricity production of the BIPV system designed in this work. The BIPV system was able to produce an accumulative electrical power of 185 kWh during the 6-month experimental period. In addition, the exterior temperature of the demonstration house was about 10°C lower than the surface of the BIPV system, which could reduce indoor temperature.

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Analysis and Monitoring Results of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Using PV Ceramic Tiles in Taiwan

Huang

Chan

Kuan

et al. 2014

International Journal of Photoenergy

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“…The main advantages of these materials, such as metals and polymers, compared to conventional glass are basically (i) the possibility of roll-to-roll production, (ii) flexibility and (iii) lightness. In a similar way, ceramic materials are widely used in building applications and different approaches are being carried out in order to achieve ceramic photovoltaic tiles [4] This approach constitutes a real integrated solution when compared with others based on the superposition of conventional (Figure 1(a)) or specially designed (Figure 1(b)) photovoltaic modules on building components. In the case of Figure 1(c), ventilated facades are directly made with glass modules that act as building and photovoltaic elements in a single solution.…”

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Novel concepts for low-cost and high-efficient thin film solar cells

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This work presents the activities carried out at ITMA Materials Technology related to the building integration of thin film (TF) photovoltaics (PV). Three different approaches have been developed in order to achieve high efficient solar cells at low manufacturing costs: (i) a new route for manufacturing monolithical silicon based thin film solar cells on building materials, (ii) the use of metallic nanoparticles for light trapping (plasmonic effects and light scattering) and (iii) the luminescent sol-gel coating on glass for solar concentration. In the first case, amorphous silicon modules (single junction) have been successfully manufactured at lab scale on steel and commercial ceramic substrates with efficiencies of 5.4% and 4.0%, respectively. Promising initial attempts have been also made in ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), a polymer with high potential in textile architecture. In a similar way, the development of nanotechnology based coatings (metallic nanoparticles and luminescent materials) represent the most innovative part of the work and some preliminary results are showed.

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“…3), denominada tecnología BIPV ("building-integrated photovoltaics" ) [36,37]. A pesar de que las comunicaciones científicas son escasas [38,39], la industria cerámica ya está participando de estas ideas desde principios de este siglo, destacando los proyectos de Fritta SL, Pamesa e Isofotón SA, de TAU Cerámica y Atersa, la reciente creación de System Photonics que utiliza polímeros de recubrimiento de Du Pont, y más recientemente la colaboración entre Butech (una filial de Porcelanosa) y Onyx Solar. Por otro lado, ya hay numerosas empresas de la industria fotovoltaica que ofrecen soluciones BIPV si bien utilizando substratos de polímeros, metales y vidrios [40,41], aunque no en todos los casos se utiliza silicio.…”

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Evolución hacia la cerámica fotovoltaica

Muñoz¹

2011

Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. Vidr.

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Actualmente se distinguen dos tipos de cerámica, una tradicional y otra avanzada. El origen y desarrollo de la primera es anterior a los cambios revolucionarios en Ciencia y Tecnológica del siglo XIX, mientras que la segunda es su consecuencia directa. La cerámica tradicional, que está relacionada sobre todo con las necesidades humanas primarias y en particular a sus construcciones, es muy homogénea respecto a sus formulaciones, estando su diversidad ligada principalmente a los aspectos decorativos de una de sus superficies. La cerámica avanzada se caracteriza por una gran diversidad de materiales con respuestas físico-químicas específicas frente a las radiaciones y a los campos electromagnéticos, y sus principales beneficios económicos están ligados sobre todo con las necesidades humanas secundarias tales como las telecomunicaciones. Como consecuencia de la actual crisis de carácter global, las construcciones tradicionales pudieran ser rehabilitadas y/o sustituidas por edificios con eficiencia energética, también denominados edificios de energía cero. En ellos existe equilibrio entre la energía consumida y la producida "in situ", y utilizan materiales respetuosos con el Medioambiente. La consecuencia directa de esta tendencia será la evolución de la cerámica por hibridación parcial de sus dos ancestros, con especial protagonismo de los semiconductores, hacia la producción de energía eléctrica, materiales a los que en este trabajo denominamos cerámica fotovoltaica. Palabras clave: cerámica tradicional, cerámica avanzada, energía fotovoltaica, eficiencia energética Evolution to photovoltaic ceramicsNowadays there are two types of ceramic materials, i.e. traditional and advanced. The origin and development of the first one occurred before the revolutionary changes in Science and Technology of the nineteenth century, while the second one is its direct consequence. The traditional ceramics, which are related primarily to elementary human needs, in particular its constructions, is very homogeneous with respect to their formulations, being their diversity mainly linked to the decorative aspects of one surface. Advanced ceramics are characterized by a wide variety of materials with specific physical and chemical responses to radiation and electromagnetic fields, where major economic benefits are mainly related to secondary human needs such as telecommunications. As a result of the current global crisis, traditional buildings could be rehabilitated and/or replaced by energy efficient buildings, also called zero-energy buildings. In them there is a balance between energy consumed and produced "in situ", and also using environmentally friendly materials. The direct consequence of this trend will be the evolution of ceramics by partial hybridization of its two ancestors, with special importance of semiconductor compounds, to the production of electrical energy as the basic objective, in this work called photovoltaic ceramics Keywords: traditional ceramics, advanced ceramics, photovoltaic ceramics, energy efficiency CERÁMIC...

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Thin-film solar cells on commercial ceramic tiles

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Analysis and Monitoring Results of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Using PV Ceramic Tiles in Taiwan

Analysis and Monitoring Results of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade Using PV Ceramic Tiles in Taiwan

Novel concepts for low-cost and high-efficient thin film solar cells

Evolución hacia la cerámica fotovoltaica

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