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Revolution of the fully transparent luminescent solar concentrators and its impact on the world

  • Rapidly increasing demand in energy allows room for constant improvement in renewable energy generation technologies. Solar energy usage is likely to increase even more in the recent years since the sun provides enough energy just in one hour that is sufficient to supply for whole humanity’s energy requirement in one year. This study initially explains the history of solar cells as well as how they function by utilizing the sun’s wavelengths. Following that, the current and future applications of solar energy is discussed briefly. In the first half of this decade, in 2013, the transparent solar cell technology was invented by MIT professors and since then it is accepted as future’s most effective way of producing energy. Considering the fact that the application areas such as integration in the buildings, car windows, greenhouses and other electrical applicants that has a screen to cover with transparent luminescent solar concentrators (TLSC) is extremely crucial in term of world’s 2030 and 2050 energy targets. This includes 32% andRapidly increasing demand in energy allows room for constant improvement in renewable energy generation technologies. Solar energy usage is likely to increase even more in the recent years since the sun provides enough energy just in one hour that is sufficient to supply for whole humanity’s energy requirement in one year. This study initially explains the history of solar cells as well as how they function by utilizing the sun’s wavelengths. Following that, the current and future applications of solar energy is discussed briefly. In the first half of this decade, in 2013, the transparent solar cell technology was invented by MIT professors and since then it is accepted as future’s most effective way of producing energy. Considering the fact that the application areas such as integration in the buildings, car windows, greenhouses and other electrical applicants that has a screen to cover with transparent luminescent solar concentrators (TLSC) is extremely crucial in term of world’s 2030 and 2050 energy targets. This includes 32% and 100% sustainable energy shares, respectively. This study further examines the comparison of solar cell technologies such as newly emerging Perovskite and Quantum Dots by providing annual developments in efficiency. The quantum dots are used in TLSC in order to reflect the incoming sun’s ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths to panel’s PV cell where the electricity is generated. This technology is to be implemented through the simulation phase of this work. Referring to above explanation, this study is related to create a model island by using AutoCAD to demonstrate the city life in every aspect in terms of energy. There are 10 different structures with various window surfaces to be covered with TLSC in order to determine the electricity generation. The solar radiation that comes on vertical positioned panels must be identified to obtain possible electricity production. For that reason, MATLAB is utilized to find exact value of the vertical solar radiation. After obtaining the results, the manual calculations took place in order to approve that the numbers match. Being such a promising technology, the future prospects as financial point of views is investigated by using the price dropdown of the monocrystalline solar cell from 1975 to 2020. The possible future prices per Watt are effectively calculated by utilizing the trend between these years for 2030 and 2050 energy targets of the European Union. By using this trend, the future price dropdown of transparent luminescent solar concentrators is projected and if the model project were to take place in 2030 and 2050, the plausible budget belonging these years can be found. As a conclusion, world’s population is increasing day by day as the energy demand. Therefore, instead of constructing new renewable technologies in land areas that are limited, using TLSC on buildings and other implementation fields would result in compensating the rising electricity demand.show moreshow less

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Author:Berkan Aydin
Language:English
Document Type:Master's Thesis
Reviewer(s) at THI:Daniel Navarro Gevers, Peter Weitz
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Date of first Publication:2021/07/24
Year of first Publication:2021
Place of publication:Ingolstadt
Pages:74
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-11163
Faculties / Institutes / Organizations:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Degree Programmes:Renewable Energy Systems (M. Sc.)
Licence (German):License Logo Urheberrechtsschutz
Release Date:2022/01/07