Impact of climatic conditions on prospects for integrated photovoltaics in electric vehicles

Thiel, Christian; Amillo, Ana Gracia; Tansini, Alessandro; Anastasios, Tsakalidis; Fontaras, Georgios; Dunlop, Ewan D.; Nigel, Taylor; Jäger-Waldau, Arnulf; Araki, Kiyomichi; Nishioka, Kensuke; Ota, Yasuyuki; Yamaguchi, Masafumi

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112109

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“…[534] Recently, modeling studies of electric vehicles in different climatic regions found that the average annual solar range of an electric vehicle with integrated PV with 454 Wp can amount to nearly 35% of the annual mileage of a car in the most favorable climatic conditions. [535] Challenges and Prospects: In a recent review paper about vehicle-integrated PV, Commault et al presented the current status of different integration projects from early development to commercialization level in cars, and trucks, but also in drones and planes. [536] The main technological challenges facing VIPV are related to high-efficiency and low-cost requirements, the non-planar curved shape of the vehicle-body, area and weight restrictions, difference of the solar irradiance compared to standard PV, utilization and the storage of the generated power and the transformation losses.…”

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Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

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solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass, to enable a steady mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing the planetary climate change and global warming. [5][6][7] Additionally, due to the economic development and the worldwide urbanization, a continuous rise of the global energy consumption across all key sectors, that is, power, heating, industry, and transport is occurring. This is expressed by an increase in the annual global electricity demand by 4.5% in 2021 corresponding to additional 1000 TWh. [4] Hence, strict criteria for the selection of competitive and abundant energy alternatives are imposed, requiring high yield at affordable prices. [8] The share of total renewables power generation excluding hydropower exceeded 3000 TWh in 2020, corresponding to almost 12% of the global electricity generation. [3] Considering an effective synergy between various sustainable energy candidates, solar photovoltaics (PV) have demonstrated great capabilities that can satisfy the requirements in the pathway towards 100% renewable electricity. [9][10][11][12] Owing to the research and development activities over the last decades, the power conversion efficiencies of solar cells (SC) have skyrocketed with a prolonged operation lifetime (>15 years) and a drastic plummeting in manufacturing costs (global average module selling price below $0.25 per W). [6,[13][14][15] The rapid universal deployment of PV resulted in a contribution of about 3.4% in the worldwide electricity generation in 2020. [3] Presently, the global installed PV capacity is approaching 1 TW and it is envisioned to reach ≈10 TW by 2030 and 30 to 70 TW by 2050. [16] Interestingly, along with massive electricity production using conventional solar power plants and rooftop solar panels, ancillary concepts of PV offer new strategies for supplying modern systems in versatile applications. [17][18][19] Moreover, diverse functionalities beyond solar energy harvesting can be afforded by adaptive PV, including aesthetic appearance, visual comfort and thermal management. [17,18,20,21] The distributed nature and the ubiquitous accessibility of multifunctional PV products are substantial features of solar PV in contrast to other renewable energies. However, traditional SCs dominating the market impose intrinsic optoelectronic and thermomechanical limitations, that prohibit their multifunctional utilization. To overcome these drawbacks, novel functional materials and innovative device architecture Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV technologies is one of the major contributors of the ongoing energy transition in electricity power sector. However, the diversity of PV paradigms can open different opportunities for supplying modern systems in a wide range of terrestrial, marine, and aerospace applications. Such ubiquitous and versatile applications necessitate the development of PV technologies with customized desig...

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Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

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“…The spread of the photovoltaic‐powered electric vehicle (PV‐EV) [ 1–8 ] is desired and is essential for reducing CO 2 emissions, increasing electric range, and creating new clean energy infrastructure based on PVs. The measurement results of Toyota Prius and Nissan Van demonstration cars equipped with high‐efficiency PV modules [ 7 ] have shown 23.6 and 36.6 km day −1 driving range at solar irradiance of 3.6 and 6.2 kWh m −2 day −1 , respectively.…”

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Analysis for the Potential of High‐Efficiency and Low‐Cost Vehicle‐Integrated Photovoltaics

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The spread of the photovoltaic‐powered electric vehicle (PV‐EV) is desirable and is essential for reduction in CO2 emissions, increasing electric range, and creating a new clean energy infrastructure based on PVs. Development of highly efficient PV modules with reasonable cost is necessary to realize a longer PV‐driving range of passenger cars. Herein, the potential of various solar cell modules for vehicle‐integrated photovoltaic (VIPV) applications is analyzed. This article shows that the use of highly efficient solar cell modules with an efficiency of higher than 35% enables longer than 30 km day−1 PV driving under average irradiance of 4 kWh m−2 day−1 without external charging. Cost reduction of VIPV modules is also very important for spreading the PV‐powered vehicles. By considering electricity charging cost saving and reduction in CO2 emission of electric vehicles, the cost target of VIPV is discussed. The cost targets of the solar cell modules for the PV‐EV by considering only electricity charging cost saving, $2.6/Wp for a module with conversion efficiency of 20% and $3.7/Wp for a module with that of 40%, are estimated in the case of electric mileage of 10 km kWh−1.

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“…Photovoltaics (PVs) are the most widely utilized renewable energy source, [ 3,4 ] and their performance has been proven over several decades. The implementation range of PVs has expanded from traditional PV power plants [ 5,6 ] and rooftop installations [ 7,8 ] to integration into various urban environments, buildings, [ 9,10 ] and vehicles, [ 11–13 ] including indoor energy harvesting for edge computing. [ 14–16 ] With the expansion of their application fields, PVs have become more complex.…”

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“…integration into various urban environments, buildings, [9,10] and vehicles, [11][12][13] including indoor energy harvesting for edge computing. [14][15][16] With the expansion of their application fields, PVs have become more complex.…”

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Honeycomb‐Structured 3D Concave Photovoltaic Modules Supported by 3D Mechanical Metamaterials for Enhanced Light Recapture

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For a policy of 100% renewable energy, most renewable‐energy research is aimed at decarbonization; particular emphasis is being placed on increasing the portion of electricity generated by photovoltaics (PVs). As the application fields of PVs broadens from PV power plants and rooftop to various urban environments, achieving high energy yields requires expansion beyond current PV module structures. To satisfy these demands, honeycomb‐structured PV modules with incorporated mechanical metamaterials are proposed, to overcome the aforementioned problems associated with the limited mechanical properties of PVs, and to advance the development of 3D PV modules with enhanced energy yield. The honeycomb structures provide 28% greater power compared with flat cells by utilizing extra reflected or scattered light inside a 3D tetrahedron structure. For mechanical robustness, the 3D concave tetrahedron units are supported by a 3D‐structured mechanical metamaterial that exhibits a negative Poisson's ratio and is arranged in a 3D pattern.

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Impact of climatic conditions on prospects for integrated photovoltaics in electric vehicles

Cited by 52 publications

References 31 publications

Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

Tunable Photovoltaics: Adapting Solar Cell Technologies to Versatile Applications

Analysis for the Potential of High‐Efficiency and Low‐Cost Vehicle‐Integrated Photovoltaics

Honeycomb‐Structured 3D Concave Photovoltaic Modules Supported by 3D Mechanical Metamaterials for Enhanced Light Recapture

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