Flexible photovoltaics for light harvesting under LED lighting
- 1 June 2015
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 2100-2103
Abstract
The interest in the field of energy harvesting is related to the successful development of effective power sources that can be used indoors for driving electronic devices, such as wireless sensors, in the home or in building or in other applications, such as that of internet of things or domotics. One of the prime candidates is represented by photovoltaic cells, especially in their thin flexible form for more seamless integration. Here we compare the power output of three commercial samples of solar cells measured under artificial light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, namely amorphous silicon (a-Si), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), and polymer organic (OPV) flexible photovoltaics, together with dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) developed in our laboratories. The properties of DSCs, together with their customization, enable these to reach remarkable power density outputs under indoor lighting.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- The effect of the type of illumination on the energy harvesting performance of solar cellsSolar Energy, 2015
- Solar/Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power TransmissionProceedings of the IEEE, 2014
- Progress in flexible dye solar cell materials, processes and devicesJournal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014
- Outdoor and diurnal performance of large conformal flexible metal/plastic dye solar cellsApplied Energy, 2014
- Characterization of photovoltaic modules for low-power indoor applicationApplied Energy, 2013
- Conformal Hybrid Solar and Electromagnetic (EM) Energy Harvesting RectennaIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2013
- Charge yield potential of indoor-operated solar cells incorporated into Product Integrated Photovoltaic (PIPV)Renewable Energy, 2011
- Energy harvesting active networked tags (EnHANTs) for ubiquitous object networkingIEEE Wireless Communications, 2010
- Energy Harvesting Technologies2009
- Flexible Solar CellsChemSusChem, 2008