Theoretical simulation and analysis of large size BMP-LSC by 3D Monte Carlo ray tracing model
Luminescent solar concentrators（LSC） can reduce the area of solar cells by collecting light from a large area and concentrating the captured light onto relatively small area photovoltaic（PV） cells, and thereby reducing the cost of PV electricity generation. LSCs with bottom-facing cells（BMP-LSC） can...
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| Published in | Chinese physics B Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 133 - 139 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.05.2017
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| ISSN | 1674-1056 2058-3834 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1674-1056/26/5/054201 |
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| Summary: | Luminescent solar concentrators（LSC） can reduce the area of solar cells by collecting light from a large area and concentrating the captured light onto relatively small area photovoltaic（PV） cells, and thereby reducing the cost of PV electricity generation. LSCs with bottom-facing cells（BMP-LSC） can collect both direct light and indirect light, so further improving the efficiency of the PV cells. However, it is hard to analyze the effect of each parameter by experiment because there are too many parameters involved in the BMP-LSC. In this paper, all the physical processes of the light transmission and collection in the BMP-LSC were analyzed. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo ray tracing program was developed to study the transmission of photons in the LSC. A larger-size LSC was simulated, and the effects of dye concentration, the LSC thickness, the cell area, and the cell distance were systematically analyzed. |
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| Bibliography: | Luminescent solar concentrators（LSC） can reduce the area of solar cells by collecting light from a large area and concentrating the captured light onto relatively small area photovoltaic（PV） cells, and thereby reducing the cost of PV electricity generation. LSCs with bottom-facing cells（BMP-LSC） can collect both direct light and indirect light, so further improving the efficiency of the PV cells. However, it is hard to analyze the effect of each parameter by experiment because there are too many parameters involved in the BMP-LSC. In this paper, all the physical processes of the light transmission and collection in the BMP-LSC were analyzed. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo ray tracing program was developed to study the transmission of photons in the LSC. A larger-size LSC was simulated, and the effects of dye concentration, the LSC thickness, the cell area, and the cell distance were systematically analyzed. Feng Zhang1, Ning-Ning Zhang1, Yi Zhang3, Sen Yan1, Song Sun1,2, JunBao1,2, ChenGao1,2（1 National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China ;2 CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China ; 3 College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya＇an 625014, China） 11-5639/O4 tracing photovoltaic systematically captured collection electricity waveguide thereby absorbed collecting |
| ISSN: | 1674-1056 2058-3834 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1674-1056/26/5/054201 |