2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on fundamental technologies for a tracking-free, highly-efficient concentrator photovoltaic system
| Project/Area Number |
26630499
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Energy engineering
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 蛍光 / 太陽光発電 / ディスプレイ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) is expected to reduce the cost of power generation drastically because its solar cells are much smaller and a sun-tracking system is not required. To improve its efficiency, I have applied the guest-host technology for an LSC. Control of its photoluminescence (PL) characteristics enables the PL photons to reach solar cells more efficiently. I have modeled this process based on a tilted electric dipole and reproduced the experiment successfully. Furthermore, I have invented an energy-harvesting device that displays an image by projecting a laser beam on an LSC and demonstrated its operation.
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| Free Research Field |
電子・光デバイスと画像情報機器への応用
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