Pravettoni, Mauro and Pravettoni, Fabio and Virtuani, Alessandro and Kenny, Robert P. and Chatten, Amanda J. and Barnham, Keith W. J. (2009) Outdoor characterization of luminescent solar concentrators and their possible architectural integration on a historically relevant site in Milan (Italy). In: Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE Thirty-fourth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference.
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) typically consist of transparent plastic slabs, doped with luminescent species: incident light is partially absorbed and internally re-radiated by luminescence towards the edges of the slab, where photovoltaic cells are placed to convert light into electricity. Interest in LSCs has recently been raised thanks to improvements in module efficiency. A LSC is able to collect both direct and diffuse light and it is therefore very promising as a potentially cheap residential concentrating system. Outdoor characterization of various LSC prototypes has been performed at the outdoor solar field of the European Solar Test Installation in Ispra (VA), Italy. Results enable a first estimate of the annual energy yield of a hypothetical building integration of LSCs, given the annual average irradiance and the geometry of the installation. In this work, we also present a possible architectural integration concept in the historic environment of the Roman Empire archaeological site of Milan.
| Item Type: | Article in conference proceedings or Presentation at a conference (Speech) |
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| Subjects: | Physical sciences > Physics > Chemical physics > Solid-state physics Physical sciences > Astronomy > Solar & solar terrestrial physics |
| Depositing User: | Mauro Pravettoni |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2013 15:48 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2013 15:48 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/2022 |
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