%0 Journal Article
%T Role of PV-Powered Vehicles in Low-Carbon Society and Some Approaches of High-Efficiency Solar Cell Modules for Cars
%A Masafumi Yamaguchi
%A Taizo Masuda
%A Kenji Araki
%A Daisuke Sato
%A Kan-Hua Lee
%A Nobuaki Kojima
%A Tatsuya Takamoto
%A Kenichi Okumura
%A Akinori Satou
%A Kazumi Yamada
%A Takashi Nakado
%A Yusuke Zushi
%A Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
%A Hiroyuki Yamada
%J Energy and Power Engineering
%P 375-395
%@ 1947-3818
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/epe.2020.126023
%X Development
of highly-efficient photovoltaic (PV) modules and expanding its application
fields are significant for the further development of PV technologies and
realization of innovative green energy infrastructure based on PV. Especially,
development of solar-powered vehicles as a new application is highly desired
and very important for this end. This paper presents the impact of PV
cell/module conversion efficiency on reduction in CO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> emission and
increase in driving range of the electric based vehicles. Our studies show that
the utilization of a highly-efficient (higher than 30%) PV module enables the
solar-powered vehicle to drive 30 km/day without charging in the case of light
weig</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">h</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">t cars with elec</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">t</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ric mileage of 17</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">km/kWh under solar irrad</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">i</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">t</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ion of
3.7</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">kWh/m</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">/day, which means that the majority of the family cars
in Japan can run only by the sunlight without supplying fossil fuels. Thus, it
is essential to develop high-efficiency as well as low-cost
%K Solar Cell Powered Vehicle Applications
%K High-Efficiency Solar Cells
%K Multi-Junction Solar Cells
%K Tandem Solar Cells
%K Modules
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=101212