Title :
The impact of outdoor meteorological parameters on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
Author :
Cornaro, Cristina ; Spena, Angelo ; Brown, Thomas M. ; Di Carl, Aldo ; Reale, Andrea
Author_Institution :
Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 0133, ITALY
Abstract :
The paper presents a first study of the impact of meteorological parameters on outdoor performance of DSC. A DSC cell has been tested in real operating conditions while located in the University of Rome Tor Vergata ESTER outdoor facility, where global, direct, diffuse and reflected solar radiation, air and cell temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity are continuously monitored.
Keywords :
Condition monitoring; Humidity; Meteorology; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic cells; Solar radiation; Sun; Temperature; Testing; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1640-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0160-8371
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922650
