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Measured power conversion efficiencies of bifacial luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic devices of the mosaic series
Author(s) -
Aghaei Mohammadreza,
Pelosi Rosie,
Wong Wallace W. H.,
Schmidt Timothy,
Debije Michael G.,
Reinders Angèle H. M. E.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
progress in photovoltaics: research and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.286
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1099-159X
pISSN - 1062-7995
DOI - 10.1002/pip.3546
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , materials science , optoelectronics , concentrator , luminescence , mosaic , silicon , optics , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , solar cell , electrical engineering , physics , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , archaeology , history
The optical and electrical performances of varied configurations of visually attractive mosaic cubical luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic (LSC PV) devices have been measured. These new designs of LSC PV devices consist of four cubical lightguides containing commercially available fluorophores with edge‐ and bottom‐mounted silicon solar cells. The 1 cm 3 cubical component LSC PVs are made of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) doped by dyes from 10 to 150 ppm. The lightguides are covered with bifacial silicon solar cells at their edges and/or bottom and connected in series or parallel, depending on the device configuration. In total, 19 different configurations of mosaic LSC PV devices have been experimentally evaluated in this study.