The solar noise barrier project 4: Modeling of full-scale luminescent solar concentrator noise barrier panels

A full-size (1 × 5 m2) luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) has been constructed and the edge electric outputs from the attached photovoltaic cells monitored for a period of slightly over one year in the solar noise barrier (SONOB) “living lab” outdoor environment. The results of the edge electric output measurements were compared to ray-tracing...

The solar noise barrier project: 3. The effects of seasonal spectral variation, cloud cover and heat distribution on the performance of full-scale luminescent solar concentrator panels

We report on the relative performances of two large-scale luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) noise barriers placed in an outdoor environment monitored for over a year. Comparisons are made for the performances of a number of attached photovoltaic cells with changing spectral illumination, cloud cover conditions and other seasonal variations,...

Graffiti on solar noise barriers - A case study

Infrastructure Integrated PhotoVoltaics (I2PV) is the next big step for large scale energy production. PV cells can be integrated in a wide range of infrastructure applications without requiring any additional space. In this way the infrastructure can have the additional functionality of producing electricity from sunlight. One of the promising...

The solar noise barrier project: 1 effect of incident light orientation on the performance of a large-scale luminescent solar concentrator noise barrier

In this work we describe the relative performance of the largest luminescent solar concentrator (LSC)constructed to date. Comparisons are made for performance of North/South and East/West facing panels during a sunny day. It is shown that the East/West panels display much more varied performance during the day, as the structural elements of the...

Luminescent solar noise barrier – large scale testing and modeling

Two modular noise barrier test setups containing photovoltaic modules have been installed in the Netherlands, one in a North/South orientation, and the other in East/West orientation. Both setups contain one set of mono-facial c-Si panels, one set of bi-facial c-Si panels and two luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) panels, one red and one...

Semitransparent organic solar cells with organic wavelength dependent reflectors

Semitransparent organic solar cells employing solution-processable organic wavelength dependent reflectors of chiral nematic (cholesteric) liquid crystals are demonstrated. The cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) reflects only in a narrow band of the solar spectrum and remains transparent for the remaining wavelengths. The reflective band is...

Reduction of escape cone losses in luminescent solar concentrators with cholesteric mirrors

The Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) consists of a transparent polymer plate, containing luminescent particles. Solar cells are connected to one or more sides of the polymer plate. Part of the light emitted by the luminescent particles is guided towards the solar cells by total internal reflection. About 25% of the dye emission is typically...