4 Potential of Indoor Photovoltaic Technologies to Power IoT Devices. In outdoor light harvesting, crystalline silicon (c-Si) has become by far the dominant material in the PV industry, accounting for 94.5% of all solar cells produced worldwide
The device design principles of high-power perovskite solar cells for indoor light applications were investigated. • For high-power under indoor light, trap density should be
A particularly promising route to addressing these challenges is to use photovoltaics (PV) to harvest ambient light inside buildings to power indoor IoT devices. Indeed, indoor photovoltaics (IPV) are widely deployable because of
In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in IPVs. We primarily focus on third-generation solution-processed solar cell technologies, which include organic solar cells, dye
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The efficiencies of the solar cells at indoor conditions were calculated with equation (2), where P out (W cm –2) is the output power of the solar cell and P in (W cm –2) is the incident power
Polymers 2020, 12, 1338 3 of 22 be observed that the irradiance power intensity of the LED 3200 K lamp is 96.4 μW/cm2 at a luminance of 200 lx, whereas the irradiance power intensities of
Indoor light could someday power smart devices, but not all solar panel technologies have the same level of success, according to research in ACS Applied Energy Materials. Some next-generation PV materials,
Smart electronic devices connected by the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem play an important role in a variety of applications. 5 A fundamental factor of such devices is that they be powered in a safe, reliable
silicon solar cells, and are suitable for integration with a variety of electronic devices. Besides their low-cost fabrication, these solution-processed solar cells like DSSCs, OSCs, and PSCs have
IPVs thereby become a growing research field, where various types of PV technologies including dye-sensitized solar cells (14, 15), organic photovoltaics (16, 17), and lead-halide perovskite solar cells (18 – 20) have been explored for IPVs measured under indoor light sources including LEDs and FLs. Fig. 1. Analysis of Se for indoor photovoltaics.
Since sensors, photodetectors, wireless nodes, and IoT-based devices all need nano- to milli-watts of electricity to operate smoothly, indoor solar cells integrated with them can act as power sources. These IoT devices need to be self-powered. They can be powered by indoor solar cells along with the battery or can be powered by IPV alone.
Besides their low-cost fabrication, these solution-processed solar cells like DSSCs, OSCs, and PSCs have surpassed Si solar cells in maximum power generation per unit area ( Pmax ), and hence substantial research interest has been given to the solution-processable emerging PV technologies for indoor applications. 22
Until recently, with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), indoor photovoltaics (IPVs) that convert indoor light into usable electrical power have been recognized as the most promising energy supplier for the wireless devices including actuators, sensors, and communication devices connected and automated by IoT technology (5, 6).
In this study, we performed a detailed review of the development of various solar cells for indoor applications. It is thus observed that although ISCs are dominating the outdoor solar cell market, they are not suitable for use as indoor light-harvesting units because of their low bandgap energy and poor mechanical flexibility.
A particularly promising route to addressing these challenges is to use photovoltaics (PV) to harvest ambient light inside buildings to power indoor IoT devices. Indeed, indoor photovoltaics (IPV) are widely deployable because of the common availability of lighting inside buildings and their reliance on radiative energy transfer.
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