1. Photoelectric engineering of all-weather bifacial solar cells in the dark
- Author
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Zhongling Wang, Weiyin Sun, Qunwei Tang, Benlin He, Min Wang, and Wanlu Zhu
- Subjects
Materials science ,business.industry ,General Chemical Engineering ,Phosphor ,02 engineering and technology ,Photoelectric effect ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector ,Solar cell efficiency ,Electrochemistry ,Optoelectronics ,Solar simulator ,Plasmonic solar cell ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Energy harvesting ,Photoelectric conversion efficiency - Abstract
A promising but challenging problem for state-of-the-art solar cells is to persistently generate power in the daytime and dark. To address this profound issue, all-weather bifacial solar cells are built by combining long persistence phosphor (LPP) tailored fluorescent film with bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells. On behalf of the solar energy storage and fluorescent excitation behaviors of LPP phosphors, the so-called all-weather solar cells yield a maximized photoelectric conversion efficiency of 10.04% and a dark efficiency as high as 21%. Moreover, the newly launched all-weather solar cells with 32 modules can lighten a lamp, demonstrating a predictable application in future energy harvesting. The current work could also extend our knowledge to more advanced all-weather solar cells.
- Published
- 2017