Low-concentration Optical Enhancement in Solar Panels

Servicizing Solar Panels

Packaging products as services can create financial opportunities for suppliers and can create the economies of scale which help environmentally preferable products (EPP) achieve their maximum effectiveness. For suppliers, offering product service systems (PSS) broadens their market to reach customers who are only interested in purchasing a financed or valued-added version of the product. Envir...

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Enhancement in Optical Absorption of Plasmonic Solar Cells

Use of surface plasmons in photovoltaics is a recent and fast emerging field of interest of research that exploit the unique optical properties of metallic nano-structures. Using surface plasmons for guiding and localizing light at nanoscales can be used to improve optical absorption in thin-film solar cells. The present work focuses on the study of absorption enhancement using a periodic array...

Solar Tracking System: More Efficient Use of Solar Panels

This paper shows the potential system benefits of simple tracking solar system using a stepper motor and light sensor. This method is increasing power collection efficiency by developing a device that tracks the sun to keep the panel at a right angle to its rays. A solar tracking system is designed, implemented and experimentally tested. The design details and the experimental results are shown...

Mechanical Stability of Solar Cells within Solar Panels

The PV market is still expanding causing the situation in PV industry becoming more and more complex. Different cell types emerge on the market provided by a growing number of cell suppliers. Due to silicon shortage in the past solar cells were getting significantly thinner within the past few years. All these parameters have a potential impact on the mechanical stability of a solar panel. This...