Author Identifier (ORCID)
Ramzy Alghamedi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-8890
Mikhail Vasiliev
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7669-1782
kamal alameh
Abstract
All-inorganic visibly-transparent energy-harvesting clear laminated glass windows are the most practical solution to boosting building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) energy outputs significantly while reducing cooling- and heating-related energy consumption in buildings. By incorporating luminophore materials into lamination interlayers and using spectrally-selective thin-film coatings in conjunction with CuInSe2 solar cells, most of the visible solar radiation can be transmitted through the glass window with minimum attenuation while ultraviolet (UV) radiation is down-converted and routed together with a significant part of infrared radiation to the edges for collection by solar cells. Experimental results demonstrate a 10 cm × 10 cm vertically-placed energy-harvesting clear glass panel of transparency exceeding 60%, invisible solar energy attenuation greater than 90% and electrical power output near 30 Wp/m2 mainly generated by infrared (IR) and UV radiations. These results open the way for the realization of large-area visibly-transparent energy-harvesting clear glass windows for BIPV systems.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2014
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
Publisher
Scientific Reports
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
17924
Funders
Australian Research Council
Grant Number
ARC Number : 130100130
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Alghamedi, R., Vasiliev, M., Nur-E-Alam, M., & Alameh, K. (2014). Spectrally-selective all-inorganic scattering luminophores for solar energy-harvesting clear glass windows. Scientific Reports, 4, 6632. doi:10.1038/srep06632. Available here