The meeting covers the latest developments in optics, photonics and advanced materials for the next generation of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Mechanical moving components of solar trackers are mostly driven by an external power, which increases the system''s complexity and reduces the system''s working …
A selection of dye-sensitized solar cells. A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC, DSC, DYSC [1] or Grätzel cell) is a low-cost solar cell belonging to the group of thin film solar cells. [2] It is based …
The pursuit of photovoltaic cell efficiency is an international endeavor focused on harnessing the potential of PV cells as a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy option. …
We report on the properties of the Power over Fiber (PoF) transmission link using a High-Power Laser Source operating at 976 nm and using three types of optical fiber …
Fiber-based solar cells are a subset of a larger class of PVs that have been fabricated to have enhanced optical performance when used with low optical density …
The pursuit of photovoltaic cell efficiency is an international endeavor focused on harnessing …
Solar cells can operate at increased efficiencies under higher solar …
The optical power is sent through a dedicated optical fiber, whereas the data are transmitted (mono or bidirectionally) by a different optical fiber. In an alternative scheme, both …
Fiber-based solar cells are then a recent concept and are composed of two electrodes, one coated with electron transport materials (ETM) such as TiO 2 and ZnO, …
Although different photovoltaic technologies including dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), organic solar cells (OSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been combined with the fiber form, …
Instead at the base station the laser light is coupled into a fiber optic cable – as known from data communication – and transferred to the receiver, where it is converted back into electricity by the photovoltaic laser …
Solar cells can operate at increased efficiencies under higher solar concentration and replacing solar cells with optical devices to capture light is an effective method of …
In-depth analysis on PTB7 based semi-transparent solar cell employing MoO 3 /Ag/WO 3 contact for advanced optical performance and light utilization. Sci. Rep. 13, 7548 …
This article reviews the latest advancements in perovskite solar cell (PSC) components for innovative photovoltaic applications. Perovskite materials have emerged as …
A solar fiber optic lighting and photovoltaic power generation system based on spectral splitting technology (SSLP) is proposed and tested in this study. The sunlight is …
The development of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells has long been guided by the idea that excitons – bound electron-hole pairs created by light absorption – diffuse only 5–10 …
by fiber loss and efficiencies of system components such as a photovoltaic cell and a laser diode. The fiber loss due to attenuation is denoted with 10 %. Optical power transmitted into the …
We propose a novel solar cell architecture consisting of multiple fiber-based photovoltaic (PV) …
The use of solar energy requires optimizing each part of a photovoltaic system: collection optics, the photovoltaic array, switches, controllers, current inverters, storage …
We show that organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are suitable for high-speed optical wireless data receivers that can also harvest power.
We propose a novel solar cell architecture consisting of multiple fiber-based photovoltaic (PV) cells. Each PV fiber element is designed to maximize the power conversion efficiency within a …