Building integrated photovoltaics is a new way to conceive of photovoltaics that becomes utilitarian in husbandry and consists in the figure of advanced solutions to incorporate machine that convert solar energy into electricity directly into the building .
Transparent pane
The Italian team admit researchers from the Istituto di struttura della materia ( Ism ) of Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche in Rome , the University of Milan Bicocca and Glass to Power : they developed an innovative material with a low-toned environmental shock and gamy performance to produce luminescent solar concentrators ( Lsc ) .
The study was print on Joule - Cell Press : the system fuse well-to-do plan with a low developing monetary value , using a material that take synthesis physical process with a abject environmental impact though gain state - of - the - art solar conversion performances for this type of applications programme .
Giuseppe Mattioli
" Functioning is based on an intrinsic property of many organic molecule class , i.e. the capacity of absorbing solar irradiation on a large spectrum of wavelengths and to re - issue it with a high - performance at a unlike and well - separated wavelength . Molecules that possess these characteristics and that are highly stable to heat and light are disperse inside Plexiglas windowpane panes : solar radiation is thus suck and re - issued by the molecules and the pane ply the most monetary value - in effect " waveguide " to capture radiation and convey it to the edge , " excuse Giuseppe Mattioli ( Cnr - Ism ) .
This solution is also hardheaded for greenhouse containing vegetables that can not lose the light cistron in any way .
" Plexiglas back breaker containing the new material develop absorb UV light , not the seeable light . pane are therefore transparent and visible light is transmitted into the greenhouse where it promotes photosynthetic process without alteration . "
Of course , at the moment , there are not specific studies on the toll / welfare of this technology for glasshouse cultivation , but it is vindicated it open unexampled possibilities .
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" The main advantage of this instauration consist in the use of molecules that ask mere and quick synthesis gratuitous of solvents , and is therefore eco - well-disposed , " adds Luca Beverina from the University of Milan Bicocca . But there is more"Unlike the photovoltaic panel used so far , which are unintelligible and gloomy or semi - transparent , this system activate the use of gauze-like panes with advantages from both an esthetical and functional point of view . In addition , the function principle of the gadget enables overcome the current placement constraints , which are specially tight in term of magnetic inclination and orientation . Photovoltaic devices free-base on luminescent solar concentrators represent an unreplaceable element for traditional systems , " concluded Mattioli .
Contacts : Giuseppe Mattioli , Cnr - IsmEmail:[email protected ]
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