LAPSE:2018.0763
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LAPSE:2018.0763
Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways
October 23, 2018
Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) offer an aesthetical, economical and technical solution to integrate solar cells harvesting solar radiation to produce electricity within the climate envelopes of buildings. Photovoltaic (PV) cells may be mounted above or onto the existing or traditional roofing or wall systems. However, BIPV systems replace the outer building envelope skin, i.e., the climate screen, hence serving simultanously as both a climate screen and a power source generating electricity. Thus, BIPV may provide savings in materials and labor, in addition to reducing the electricity costs. Hence, for the BIPV products, in addition to specific requirements put on the solar cell technology, it is of major importance to have satisfactory or strict requirements of rain tightness and durability, where building physical issues like e.g., heat and moisture transport in the building envelope also have to be considered and accounted for. This work, from both a technological and scientific point of view, summarizes briefly the current state-of-the-art of BIPV, including both BIPV foil, tiles, modules and solar cell glazing products, and addresses possible research pathways for BIPV in the years to come.
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building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), research pathway, review, solar cell, state-of-the-art
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Jelle BP. Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Concise Description of the Current State of the Art and Possible Research Pathways. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0763
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Energies
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9
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1
Article Number
E21
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2015
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2015-12-31
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1996-1073
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PII: en9010021, Publication Type: Review
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