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Influence of Solar Concentrator in the Form of Luminescent PMMA on the Performance of a Silicon Cell

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  • Bartłomiej Milewicz

    (Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Magdalena Bogacka

    (Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Pikoń

    (Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

Abstract

The methods of production of electricity from renewable sources are currently highly researched topics. The reason for this is growing social awareness regarding the environmental impact of traditional energy technologies. The main aim of this study is to describe the results of using silicon cell technology and dye concentrator in a single system. The experiment presented in the paper was conducted in a laboratory environment using a dye concentrator in the form of tinted and luminescent acrylic glass (polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA). The experiment was conducted using a few measurement calibrations for the described system, such as different temperatures of the researched silicon cell or different intensity of illuminance from a solar simulator. The results of the experiment showed increase in the performance of the solar cell between 0.05% and 1.42% depending on the pigments used in the concentrator. The highest results were achieved for luminescent red PMMA and on average the improvement was 1.21%. This shows us the potential for the implementation of a luminescent dye concentrator in solar electric technology.

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  • Bartłomiej Milewicz & Magdalena Bogacka & Krzysztof Pikoń, 2021. "Influence of Solar Concentrator in the Form of Luminescent PMMA on the Performance of a Silicon Cell," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-14, February.
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