Waveguide fiber dye-sensitized solar cells

Ming Peng; Xiao Yu; Xin Cai; Qingyi Yang; Hsienwei Hu; Kai Yan; Hui Wang; Bin Dong; Furong Zhu; Dechun Zou

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.07.011

Waveguide fiber dye-sensitized solar cells

Ming Peng, Xiao Yu, Xin Cai, Qingyi Yang, Hsienwei Hu, Kai Yan, Hui Wang, Bin Dong, Furong Zhu^*, Dechun Zou

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the results of lightweight waveguide fiber dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSCs) with built-in luminescent solar concentrator (LSC). The effect of different LSC designs on the photovoltaic performance of waveguide devices was analyzed. An enhancement factor of up to 5.7 in the maximum output power of FDSCs was realized through omnidirectional absorption enhancement over a large area. The improvement in the output power of semi-transparent waveguide FDSCs was also achieved in the large tilted angle range from 0° to 80° and 100° to 180°. FDSCs show reasonable photovoltaic performance under natural sunlight at a near vertical angle and even under the shade. Our results indicate that waveguide FDSCs thus developed are highly viable for application in practical solar windows.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-124
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.07.011
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2014

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Materials Science(all)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Fiber dye-sensitized solar cells
Luminescent solar concentrators
Solar windows
Waveguide solar cells

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