Transparent solar cell window module

Chau, Joseph Lik Hang; Chen, Ruei-Tang; Hwang, Gan-Lin; Tsai, Ping-Yuan; Lin, Chien‐Chu

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.003

Cited by 29 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The percentage of PV area coverage offers the semitransparency of this type window as depicted in Figure 14a. Thus, solar heat gain, indoor illuminance, daylight factor for spaced BIPV window depends on the glazing area covered by PV whereas efficiency and thickness of PV have less impact on those parameters (Chau et al, 2010;Fung and Yang, 2008;Karthick et al, 2018;Park et al, 2010;Peng et al, 2019). This spaced type semitransparent BIPV window offers similar quality of daylight as the light passes through only the glass materials (Ghosh et al, 2019b).…”

Section: Window Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review

Ghosh

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

200

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Window Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review

Ghosh

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

200

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Nanoparticle–polymer composites have been studied for a variety of applications including organic photovoltaics, electroluminescence, photodetection, and capacitive energy storage. − Due to a low fabrication temperature and a potentially high loading of inorganic nanoparticles, nanocomposite material is also a promising candidate for low-cost spectroscopic scintillator. Recently, polyvinyltoluene (PVT) and polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) have been loaded with high- Z inorganic nanoparticles to synthesize plastic scintillators capable of the spectroscopic detection of γ photons. , We first reported a Gd 2 O 3 ( Z Gd = 64) nanoparticle–PVT scintillator with an energy resolution of 11.4% of a 662 keV γ photopeak .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scintillation Liquids Loaded with Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles for Spectral Resolution of γ Rays

Zhao¹,

Hao²,

Redding

et al. 2021

ACS Appl. Nano Mater.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Current mainstream spectroscopic scintillators for the detection of high-energy radiation are based on inorganic crystals and ceramics, which are difficult to scale up. Efforts have been made to synthesize plastic nanocomposite scintillators, though the resulting light yield is rather low, leading to low photopeak intensity and poor energy resolution. Here, a scintillating liquid containing HfO 2 nanoparticles for increasing sensitivity to high-energy photons is demonstrated, with the addition of 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) as a primary dye and 1,4-bis(5phenyloxazol-2-yl) benzene (POPOP) as a secondary dye. Naphthalene is used as a cosolvent for toluene to dissolve these functional components. The liquid scintillator retains a high transparency in the emission wavelength range, achieving a transmittance of up to 80% at nanoparticle loadings as high as 50 wt %. The use of the naphthalene cosolvent increases the light yield by 40%. The 137 Cs γ photopeak is measured from the liquid scintillator containing 20 wt % HfO 2 nanoparticles, with a deconvoluted photopeak energy resolution of 4.8%, which is better than that obtained from the conventional NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator.

show abstract

“…As one of the fast-growing segments in the solar cell industry, building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) could become the savior of the industry with decreasing government financial subsidies globally. Among many BIPV solutions [1][2][3][4][5], a diffusive solar cell window (DSCW) with high transparent degrees as well as high power generation efficiency exhibits great market potential due to not only its applications in new environment-friendly zero-energy skyscrapers but also its huge potential market for mandatory energyefficient residential window replacement [6,7]. Primitively, a DSCW consisted of a polycarbonate (PC) diffusion plate with uniformly distributed diffusive titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles sandwiched between two pieces of glass, and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) is used to laminate the glass and PC, as shown in Figure 1(a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Novel Design for a Diffusive Solar Cell Window

Chen

Kang

Lin

et al. 2015

Journal of Nanomaterials

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) are an important application of future solar energy development. The incorporation of solar cells into windows must not only maintain indoor natural lighting but also generate electrical power at the same time. In our continuing effort to improve the design of diffusion solar window, a more fundamental and efficient three-layer structure—glass/EVA with TiO2nanoparticles embedded/glass—was proposed. In this work, a well-established ASAP ray-tracing model for a diffusive solar cell window was implemented to validate the outperformance of three-layer structure over primitive five-layer structure. Optical simulations were also implemented to perform its primary design for the determination of the optimal design parameters, such as the glass thickness, the EVA thickness, and the weight concentration of TiO2nanoparticles. Based on the simulation results, an optimal design for a three-layer diffusive solar cell window prototype was proposed. And the influence of both EVA thickness and glass thickness on the power edge-exitance (solar cell power generation efficiency) of a DSCW was thoroughly investigated.

show abstract

Transparent solar cell window module

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review

Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review

Scintillation Liquids Loaded with Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles for Spectral Resolution of γ Rays

Novel Design for a Diffusive Solar Cell Window

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About