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<p>Over the years, it has been noticed that there is a rising interest in spectral filtering to increase the overall efficiency or output of photovoltaic solar systems. Meanwhile methods for comparing the performance of spectral filtering and the effects of optical spectral filter design on system performance are not well developed. This research emphasizes on two areas, that is, to screen plant extract to serve as a coating to elongate the life span or improve the efficiency of solar cells, to test for the different spectral incident on solar cells and to apply silver-coated plant extract to filter spectral hitting the PV cells. The parameters (voltage, current, and radiation) obtained during the experiment indicate the benefit of using plant extract to coat the PV cells’ surface. Data are obtained to assess the performance of experimental spectral filters in different spectral filtering configurations. The result shows that the efficiency of the PV cell increased by 8%. This research has shown that these spectra filtering method is viable. Hence, it is recommended that solar companies concentrate on the protective layer to improve solar cell efficiency.</p>
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Over the years, it has been noticed that there is a rising interest in spectral filtering to increase the overall efficiency or output of photovoltaic solar systems. Meanwhile methods for comparing the performance of spectral filtering and the effects of optical spectral filter design on system performance are not well developed. This research emphasizes on two areas, that is, to screen plant extract to serve as a coating to elongate the life span or improve the efficiency of solar cells, to test for the different spectral incident on solar cells and to apply silver-coated plant extract to filter spectral hitting the PV cells. The parameters (voltage, current, and radiation) obtained during the experiment indicate the benefit of using plant extract to coat the PV cells’ surface. Data are obtained to assess the performance of experimental spectral filters in different spectral filtering configurations. The result shows that the efficiency of the PV cell increased by 8%. This research has shown that these spectra filtering method is viable. Hence, it is recommended that solar companies concentrate on the protective layer to improve solar cell efficiency.

Spectral filtering of photovoltaic cells using novel bio-filter: silver-coated Ixora extract using water as a solution

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Over the years, it has been noticed that there is a rising interest in spectral filtering to increase the overall efficiency or output of photovoltaic solar...

Spectral filtering of photovoltaic cells using novel bio-filter: silver-coated Ixora extract using water as a solution

Article Category: Research-Article

Published Online: Aug 31, 2020

Page range: 1 - 7

Received: Aug 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-013

Keywords
Photovoltaic, Bio-filter, Spectral filtering, Solar energy, Energy

© 2020 Moses E. Emetere et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Spectral filtering of photovoltaic cells using novel bio-filter: silver-coated Ixora extract using water as a solution

Article Category: Research-Article

Published Online: Aug 31, 2020

Page range: 1 - 7

Received: Aug 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-013

KeywordsPhotovoltaic, Bio-filter, Spectral filtering, Solar energy, Energy

© 2020 Moses E. Emetere et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Photovoltaic, Bio-filter, Spectral filtering, Solar energy, Energy