Publication date: 17th February 2025
Recent advances of polymer solar cell materials and technologies allow the development of semitransparent devices, where the transmittance is optimised n order to maximise the transparency normalised to the overall A and B chlorofill spectrum.
In analogy to Average Visible Transmittance (AVT) for Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV), Agrivoltaic (AgriPV) performances [1] of Organic Photo-Voltaic (OPV) cells and modules can be measured in terms of ACT (Average Chlorofill Transparency) and Light Utilization Efficiency (LUE) for AgriPV.
Scalable approaches are investigated, in order to avoid processing in protected atmosphere and chlorinated solvents.
Recent results on PTQ0:DTY6 in o-Xy processed in air will be shown.
We demonstrate how this donor-acceptor system is an ideal candidate for AgriPV.
Our analysis will be based on detailed morphological characterisation on small area test cells, and on large area area modules fabrication and characterization. A preliminary set of growth test on selected crops for AgriPV tests will be also shown.
AR acknowledges the support from the project "BIOVOLTAICO" - Programma FESR Lazio 2021-2027 - Avviso Riposizionamento Competitivo RSI