Designing Indoor Solar Products

Dr. Julian Randall is a Senior Research Fellow at the ETHZ (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschulze Zurich), Switzerland. His Bachelor of Engineering with honours is from University of Wales College, Cardiff and he holds a doctorate from the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Switzerland. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IEE and IEEE.Dr. Randall is an active researcher of indoor photovoltaic solar application, most recently for a wearable autonomous location tracking system [207]. He is the general chair of the Second International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing in Zurich, Switzerland. His research interests include, but are not limited to, ambient energy power sources, context-aware wearable systems, autonomous systems and human-computer interfaces. Any queries should be directed via jfrandall@iee.org.

• About the author. Preface.Acknowledgements.Introduction.1. State of the Art.Introduction.Low Power Energy Sources.Intellectual Property Rights.IPV Taxonomies.IPV gaps in knowledge.Conclusion.2. Engineering design.Introduction.Defining design.Trends in engineering design.Life Cycle Methods.Conclusion.3. Radiant Energy Indoors.Introduction.Physics of buildings.Photometric characterisation.Radiometric characterisations.Computer simulation.Discussion.Conclusion.Future work.Further reading.4. Fundamentals of Solar Cells.Introduction.A brief history of solar collectors and PV.Photonic semiconductors.Photovoltaic Technology.Suboptimal solar cell efficiency.IPV Material Technologies.Efficiency improvements.Conclusion.Further reading.5. Solar Cells for Indoor Use.Introduction.Technology performance at indoor light levels.Indoor light level model presentation.Discussion.Designing PV modules for indoor use.Conclusion.Further work.6. Indoor Ambient Energy Charge Storage.Introduction.Trends in charge storage.Charge storage technology.Charge storage parameters.To determine storage capacity.Electrochemical Storage Technologies.Conclusion.Future Work.Further reading.7. Ambient Energy Power Source Design.Introduction.Clarification.Conceptual Design.Embodiment.Detailed Design.Case studies.Conclusion.Further reading.Conclusion.Abbreviations and Symbols.Glossary.References.Index.

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