Research progress and application of spherical solar cell in solar car
- 1 Wuhan University of Technology
- 2 Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power
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Abstract
Along with the economic development of China, all industries have faced new opportunities. However, the fast development of the automobile industry has also negatively impacted environmental resources, such as petroleum resource consumption and environmental pollution. In order to protect the environment and travel green, this paper analyzes the progress of solar energy applied to cars as clean energy. First of all, this paper explains the working principle of solar cars and how to convert the collected solar energy into electric energy to store or provide kinetic energy for the car. Further, since the loss of air resistance of the car accounts for up to 60%, this paper analyzes the modeling and design principles of the solar car through aerodynamics. In addition, this paper focuses on the solar panel-related content, which is the core part of the solar car, puts forward and introduces the spherical solar cell not popular in China, and finally puts forward relevant suggestions for the pilot of the solar car. Reducing the kinetic energy loss caused by air resistance and improving the efficiency of solar energy conversion should be the focus of the future development of solar vehicles.
Keywords
solar car, ball-type battery panel, aerodynamics.
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Cite this article
Tang,Y.;Xiao,X. (2023). Research progress and application of spherical solar cell in solar car. Applied and Computational Engineering,9,43-54.
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