The influence of spectral albedo on bifacial solar cells: A theoretical and experimental study

TCR Russell, R Saive, A Augusto… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have investigated the influence of the spectral albedo on the power output of bifacial
solar cells. We adapted the Shockley-Queisser radiative flux balance framework to account …

Simulation of bifacial and monofacial silicon solar cell short-circuit current density under measured spectro-angular solar irradiance

S Pal, A Reinders, R Saive - IEEE journal of photovoltaics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we simulated the performance of bifacial and monofacial silicon heterojunction
solar cells under measured spectro-angular solar irradiance. We developed a new setup …

Temperature behavior of monofacial and bifacial silicon solar cells

A Hubner, A Aberle, R Hezel - … Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In addition to the front illumination, bifacial solar cells convert the Albedo radiation falling
onto their rear surfaces and hence these devices have many interesting applications. It is a …

Bifacial photovoltaic systems energy yield modelling

S Wang, O Wilkie, J Lam, R Steeman, W Zhang… - Energy Procedia, 2015 - Elsevier
A bifacial photovoltaic model was developed not only to calculate the power and energy
yield for bifacial modules for various setup and installation conditions but also to identify …

Novel cost-effective bifacial silicon solar cells with 19.4% front and 18.1% rear efficiency

A Hübner, AG Aberle, R Hezel - Applied physics letters, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
Bifacial solar cells are a promising possibility to lower the costs of solar electricity compared
to conventional monofacial solar cells. These devices utilize the sunlight more efficiently …

[PDF][PDF] Predicted power output of silicon-based bifacial tandem photovoltaic systems

A Onno, N Rodkey, A Asgharzadeh, S Manzoor… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Combining the higher energy yield of bifacial photovoltaic modules with the higher efficiency
of silicon-based tandem devices is a promising pathway to reduce the levelized cost of …

50 Per cent more output power from an albedo-collecting flat panel using bifacial solar cells

A Cuevas, A Luque, J Eguren, J del Alamo - Solar Energy, 1982 - Elsevier
The potentiality of a flat panel made with bifacial back-surface-field silicon solar cells to
collect the light reflected by the environment (albedo) is experimentally shown. Its behaviour …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of spectral albedo in bifacial photovoltaic performance

N Riedel-Lyngskær, M Ribaconka, M Pó, A Thorseth… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes 15-months of spectral albedo measurements collected at the Technical
University of Denmark (55.6° N, 12.1° E). High-resolution spectroradiometers are used to …

Characteristics of bifacial solar cells under bifacial illumination with various intensity levels

H Ohtsuka, M Sakamoto, M Koyama… - Progress in …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The characteristics of bifacial solar cells with different rear structures were investigated
under front, rear and bifacial illumination with an intensity of 0.4–4.2 suns. Five kinds of solar …

Vertical bifacial solar farms: Physics, design, and global optimization

MR Khan, A Hanna, X Sun, MA Alam - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
There have been sustained interest in bifacial solar cell technology since 1980s, with
prospects of 30–50% increase in the output power from a stand-alone panel. Moreover, a …