10.1007/s40095-019-00334-z

Quantitative trade-off analysis of infrared light absorber effects contributed to photovoltaic cells performance

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  • Shahrzad Bahrizadeh1,
  • Hossein Ghadamian*1,
  • Mohammad Aminy1,
  • Ali Hosseini Rad1,
  • Maryam Azadeh2,
  1. Department of Energy, Materials, and Energy Research Center (MERC), Tehran, IR
  2. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, IR
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Published in Issue 2020-01-07

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Bahrizadeh, S., Ghadamian, H., Aminy, M., Rad, A. H., & Azadeh, M. (2020). Quantitative trade-off analysis of infrared light absorber effects contributed to photovoltaic cells performance. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 11(3 (September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-019-00334-z
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Abstract

Abstract It is widely known that organic and inorganic coatings absorb more of the solar spectrum, and due to a considerable share of 45% infrared radiation, the energy efficiency drop by the increasing of temperature should be considered. The purpose of this study is to implement a system to characterize silicon solar cell performance and increasing energy efficiency by imposing such coatings as infrared wave absorber to overcome the Shockley–Queisser limit. In other words, this research efforts to improve cell efficiency (coating effects) in addition to imposing the efficiency decreasing effects (temperature increasing). The core of the study is laboratory and experimental set-up measurements to find an organic absorber with the highest absorbance. Ruthenium-based dye, N719, has shown the best performance in experimental conditions and heat extraction to enhance cell energy efficiency. Due to increased absorption in a solar cell (SC), to control the temperature rise of the system, the fan is used as a cooling system. The imposing of N719 results in increasing energy efficiency by up to 1.38%. It is worth noting that a 1.60% increase in energy efficiency is observed due to temperature reduction by 2 degrees.

Keywords

  • Photovoltaic cell,
  • Energy efficiency,
  • Organic absorbent N719,
  • Cooling system,
  • Experimental set-up
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