Day 2, Session Block C4
10:45 Colored Photovoltaics: Performance and Aesthetics
Chair: Janne Halme, Aalto University , Espoo, Finland
Optimizing the performance of colored building-integrated photovoltaics
- Effect of color on solar cell performance
- Technical approaches to colored photovoltaics
- Discussion of pros and cons
High-performing coloured BIPV modules with anti-glare coating
- MorphoColor
- Aesthetic BIPV modules
- Anti-glare PV façade
Digitally printed multi-colored PV for building integration
- Electrical performance and safety assessment
- Life cycle inventory and assessment
- Visual assessment of color and reflection
Coloring of solar modules by a photonic pigment layer
- Coloring solar modules by translucent effect pigments
- Solar modules with bright colors at comparably low power loss
- Easy process integration in module manufacturing
Energy façades of tomorrow
- Energy façades
- Wysiwyg: A reality?
- Future development
Colored PV solutions for active façades
- Colored PV elements
- Smart buildings
- Active façades
Nanoparticle coatings for directional low-loss colored PV
- Coloured PV modules for BIPV
- Low-loss solution by resonant scattering of nanoparticles
- Directional colouration
Brief Presentations on Photovoltaic-thermal systems for the building skin
Photovoltaic-thermal systems: producing heat and power in the building skin
Envelope-integrated solar electric/thermal cooling system with storage
12:30 Lunch