Solar energy harvesting car windows: a new product of organic photovoltaics technology

Bohan Liang; Yuzhe Pei; Antong Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2673065

25 April 2023 Solar energy harvesting car windows: a new product of organic photovoltaics technology

Bohan Liang, Yuzhe Pei, Antong Wang

Proceedings Volume 12598, Eighth International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering (ICEMEE 2022); 125980W (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673065
Event: Eighth International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering (ICMEE 2022), 2022, Guangzhou, China

Abstract

OPV material is cheap, and it has excellent electrical and optical properties. Since solar energy has not been used very commonly nowadays, this research decided to put the application of OPV materials on cars’ windows. This research decides to use this material on some practical products to make it closer to people’s lives. The study is going to put the OPV materials between explosion-proof film and the window. This article is trying to put OPV materials on vehicles’ windows, turning solar energy into electricity. Currently, there are six normal methods to produce OPV material, roll-to-roll process, redox method, oriented accretion method, SIC epitaxy, Hummer's method, vapor deposition. This article also mentions an unusual method to produce OPV material that can be put on the windows and apply materials on the windows. However, the OPV material can now be affected by whether or some other factors and low conversion. But after improving light absorption and manufacturing methods of producing OPV, the conversion can be increased, and the solar energy can be used on more products.

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Bohan Liang, Yuzhe Pei, and Antong Wang "Solar energy harvesting car windows: a new product of organic photovoltaics technology", Proc. SPIE 12598, Eighth International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering (ICEMEE 2022), 125980W (25 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673065

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