scholarly journals Artificial inverted compound eye structured polymer films with light-harvesting and self-cleaning functions for encapsulated III–V solar cell applications

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (75) ◽  
pp. 60804-60813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Woo Leem ◽  
Jae Su Yu
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Polymer Films ◽  
Compound Eye ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Self Cleaning

Inverted compound eye structured polydimethylsiloxane (i.e., ICESs PDMS) antireflection layer enhances the solar power generation of encapsulated III–V solar cells.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND IRRADIANCE ON SOLAR POWER GENERATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
FRANK ONAIFO ◽  
AKPOFURE ALEXANDER OKANDEJI ◽  
OLAMIDE AJETUNMOBI ◽  
DAVID BALOGUN
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Solar Irradiance ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Corrosion Process ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Photovoltaic Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Power Generation

This paper studies the effect of temperature, humidity and irradiance on the power generated by a photovoltaic solar cell. This was achieved using pyranometer for determining the solar radiation, wet and dry thermometer for measuring humidity, and digital multimeter for voltage and current measurement. The result of the study show that power generation increases with increase of solar irradiance. Additionally, changes of humidity level and temperature do not significantly affect solar power generation. Furthermore, it was also observed that high temperatures and higher humidity levels accelerate the corrosion process on the solar cells which reduces the efficiency of the cells.

scholarly journals Solar power generation enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells using hydrophobic and antireflective polymers with nanoholes

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (75) ◽  
pp. 61284-61289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo Ho Lim ◽  
Jung Woo Leem ◽  
Jae Su Yu
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Hydrophobic Surface ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Protection Layer ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

A negatively tapered nanohole-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) antireflective protection layer with a hydrophobic surface improves the sunlight absorption of dye-sensitized solar cells.

scholarly journals New Curved Reflectors for Significantly Enhanced Solar Power Generation in Four Seasons

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 4602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choi ◽  
Choi ◽  
Kim ◽  
Ryu ◽  
Rim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Optimum Design ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Design Rule ◽  
Spatial Average ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Plane Type ◽  
Four Seasons ◽  
Best Fit

A new curved-type reflector for solar power generation is proposed. By adopting the curved-type reflector between consecutive solar panel arrays, all incoming sunlight can be utilized and thus, the generated power is significantly increased. Furthermore, the proposed curved-type reflector can be generally used in four seasons regardless of the altitude or angle of the installation environment. The optimum design rule for the curved-reflector, comparing to a plane-type reflector, is completely developed in this paper. A new solar cell configuration best fit for the proposed curved-reflector is also provided. Experimental results showed that the curved-type reflector improves the spatial average solar power by 61% compared to no reflector case, which is even 11% higher than the plane-type reflector. Reflectors, especially curved-type reflectors, are found to be one of promising solutions for highly efficient solar power generation.

Semitransparent organic solar cells based on PffBT4T-2OD with a thick active layer and near neutral colour perception for window applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 2456-2463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leiping Duan ◽  
Haimang Yi ◽  
Zhimeng Wang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Faiazul Haque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Colour Perception ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Building Facades ◽  
Window Applications ◽  
Neutral Colour

Semitransparent organic solar cells (STOSCs) are of great interest in both academic and industrial fields since they can be easily used as building windows to achieve solar power generation in building façades.

scholarly journals Minimizing the loses of solar power generation by designing an intelligent tracking system implemented on FPGA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Alaa Hamza Omran
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Intelligent Tracking

<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The increasing of using of an electrical power as a power source in a large number of devices can occur a serious problem in our daily life. One of the useful power sources is a solar cell which used to overcome many problems of power generation. In this paper, the solar cell model is proposed to minimize loses of solar power generation by designing of an intelligent tracking system based on FPGA. PSO algorithms are used to train the neural networks to control the speeds and the directions of rotations of two DC motors with the help of FPGA cart. The proposed system was implemented in MATLAB; and for the hardware part, FPGA was used for the implementation of neural networks.</span>

A Prototype of Hybrid Solar Power Generation System

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. Huang ◽  
N. W. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Design System ◽  
Generation System ◽  
Temperature Controller ◽  
Solar Power Generation ◽  
Operational Temperature ◽  
Power Generation System

The objectives of this research are to design a photovoltaic/thermal hybrid solar power generation system and to develop a prototype. The design factor of consideration is the fan speed which transfers heat from the solar cells to water within storage tanks and controls operational temperature of the solar cell to obtain higher efficiency of power. Therefore the system identification, simulation, and series of tests of the temperature controller are also present in this research to evaluate the performance of the design system. The results show that if operational temperature of the solar cell is set under 50°C, which the temperature error is between ± 0.1°C and we can obtain the highest heat collection efficiency ηth (0.28), the performance of the heat collection system with this well designed temperature controller is better.

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