Opaque Coloured Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV): A Review of Models and Simulation Frameworks for Performance Optimisation

Martina Pelle, Francesco Causone (), Laura Maturi and David Moser
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Martina Pelle: Institute for Renewable Energy, Eurac Research, 29100 Bolzano, Italy
Francesco Causone: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
Laura Maturi: Institute for Renewable Energy, Eurac Research, 29100 Bolzano, Italy
David Moser: Institute for Renewable Energy, Eurac Research, 29100 Bolzano, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Coloured building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) may contribute to meeting the decarbonisation targets of European and other countries. Nevertheless, their market uptake has been hindered by a lack of social acceptance, technical issues, and low economic profitability. Being able to assess in advance the influence of the coloured layers on a module’s power generation may help reduce the need for prototyping, thereby allowing optimisation of the product performance by reducing the time and costs of customised manufacturing. Therefore, this review aims at investigating the available literature on models and techniques used for assessing the influence of coloured layers on power generation in customised BIPV products. Existing models in the literature use two main approaches: (i) detailed optical modelling of the layers in the module’s stack, including coloured layers, and (ii) mathematical elaboration of the final product’s measured characteristics. Combining the two approaches can provide improved future models, which can accurately assess every single layer in the module’s stack starting from measured parameters obtained with simpler equipment and procedures.

Keywords: coloured BIPV; optimization; simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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