Therefore, the fabrication of specially designed solar cells for indoor applications is not an easy task. Different parameters of solar cells must be optimized for indoor light conditions. The device should be designed in such a manner that it can operate efficiently under the illumination of the most commonly used indoor light sources.
Until recently, with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), indoor photovoltaics (IPVs) that convert indoor light into usable electrical power have been recognized as the most promising energy supplier for the wireless devices including actuators, sensors, and communication devices connected and automated by IoT technology (5, 6).
Indoor photovoltaic cells have the potential to power the Internet of Things ecosystem, including distributed and remote sensors, actuators, and communications devices.
Keeping this in mind, synthesizing the molecules with wide band gap to identical with the spectrum of indoor light is the noteworthy. The first report of organic solar cells came to light in 2010 when Minnaert et al. shelled out applicability of OSC in indoor environment Minnaert and Veelaert .
1.1. Indoor photovoltaics Indoor photovoltaics (IPV) emerged in PV technology in present scenario due to the ease of power generation under simple indoor light conditions and also serve the fastest energy supplements for growing technologies like Internet of Things (IoT).
IPVs thereby become a growing research field, where various types of PV technologies including dye-sensitized solar cells (14, 15), organic photovoltaics (16, 17), and lead-halide perovskite solar cells (18 – 20) have been explored for IPVs measured under indoor light sources including LEDs and FLs. Fig. 1. Analysis of Se for indoor photovoltaics.
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