中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 54201-054201.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/5/054201

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Theoretical simulation and analysis of large size BMP-LSC by 3D Monte Carlo ray tracing model

Feng Zhang(张峰), Ning-Ning Zhang(张宁宁), Yi Zhang(张义), Sen Yan(闫森), Song Sun(孙松), Jun Bao(鲍骏), Chen Gao(高琛)   

  1. 1 National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China;
    2 CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    3 College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-12-08 修回日期:2017-01-04 出版日期:2017-05-05 发布日期:2017-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Jun Bao, Chen Gao E-mail:baoj@ustc.edu.cn;cgao@ustc.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1632273) and the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (Grant No. CX3430000001).

Theoretical simulation and analysis of large size BMP-LSC by 3D Monte Carlo ray tracing model

Feng Zhang(张峰)1, Ning-Ning Zhang(张宁宁)1, Yi Zhang(张义)3, Sen Yan(闫森)1, Song Sun(孙松)1,2, Jun Bao(鲍骏)1,2, Chen Gao(高琛)1,2   

  1. 1 National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China;
    2 CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    3 College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China
  • Received:2016-12-08 Revised:2017-01-04 Online:2017-05-05 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: Jun Bao, Chen Gao E-mail:baoj@ustc.edu.cn;cgao@ustc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1632273) and the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (Grant No. CX3430000001).

摘要:

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) can reduce the area of solar cells by collecting light from a large area and concentrating the captured light onto relatively small area photovoltaic (PV) cells, and thereby reducing the cost of PV electricity generation. LSCs with bottom-facing cells (BMP-LSC) can collect both direct light and indirect light, so further improving the efficiency of the PV cells. However, it is hard to analyze the effect of each parameter by experiment because there are too many parameters involved in the BMP-LSC. In this paper, all the physical processes of the light transmission and collection in the BMP-LSC were analyzed. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo ray tracing program was developed to study the transmission of photons in the LSC. A larger-size LSC was simulated, and the effects of dye concentration, the LSC thickness, the cell area, and the cell distance were systematically analyzed.

关键词: luminescent solar concentrators (LSC), Monte Carlo ray tracing, parameter optimization, loss mechanism of photons

Abstract:

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) can reduce the area of solar cells by collecting light from a large area and concentrating the captured light onto relatively small area photovoltaic (PV) cells, and thereby reducing the cost of PV electricity generation. LSCs with bottom-facing cells (BMP-LSC) can collect both direct light and indirect light, so further improving the efficiency of the PV cells. However, it is hard to analyze the effect of each parameter by experiment because there are too many parameters involved in the BMP-LSC. In this paper, all the physical processes of the light transmission and collection in the BMP-LSC were analyzed. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo ray tracing program was developed to study the transmission of photons in the LSC. A larger-size LSC was simulated, and the effects of dye concentration, the LSC thickness, the cell area, and the cell distance were systematically analyzed.

Key words: luminescent solar concentrators (LSC), Monte Carlo ray tracing, parameter optimization, loss mechanism of photons

中图分类号:  (Wave fronts and ray tracing)

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42.79.Ek (Solar collectors and concentrators) 88.40.-j (Solar energy) 88.40.F- (Solar concentrators)