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Thermal and mechanical performances of GFRP sandwich structures with integrated amorphous silicon photovoltaic cells

Dai, Yiqing
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Bai, Yu  
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Keller, Thomas  
June 15, 2022
Composite Structures

Applications of photovoltaic (PV) cells in buildings are often excluded from locations with major mechanical strains because of their brittleness and possible damages at small mechanical strains. Combinations of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) components and amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic cells show potentials, while the effects from elevated temperatures and mechanical loads on the electrical performance of the integrated PV cells need to be well understood. In this study, specimens were fabricated by adhesively bonding a-Si PV cells to GFRP sandwich structures. The specimens were then exposed to outdoor natural sunlight. The sunlight intensities and the temperature responses at different locations of the specimens were continuously monitored and their correlation was quantified. An approach was proposed to calculate the sunlight intensities received by the integrated PV cells and their temperature responses based on geographic information (e.g. longitude, latitude and altitude) of such applications. The electrical performance of the integrated PV cells was then investigated under four-point bending until structural failure. Two loading scenarios were considered where non-uniformly distributed tensile or compressive strains were introduced into the integrated PV cells. Reductions in voltage of the integrated PV cells were highlighted due to non-uniform distribution of strains.

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DOI
10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115524
Web of Science ID

WOS:000793447600004

Author(s)
Dai, Yiqing
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Bai, Yu  
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Keller, Thomas  
Date Issued

2022-06-15

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Published in
Composite Structures
Volume

290

Article Number

115524

Subjects

Mechanics

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Materials Science, Composites

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Materials Science

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building-integrated photovoltaics

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glass fibre reinforced polymer

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amorphous silicon photovoltaic cells

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sandwich structure

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thermal performance

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mechanical performance

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energy efficiency

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bipv modules

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design

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technologies

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convection

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behavior

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