Solar cell phone charger performance in indoor environment

Utilization of solar energy as a power source has been one of the most active fields in science and engineering. One of the recent developments is to use a solar panel to recharge a cell phone. In order to validate the feasibility of this promising application, we conducted experiments on solar cell...

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Published in2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC) pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Chengliu Li, Wenyan Jia, Quan Tao, Mingui Sun
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2011
Subjects
Batteries
Cellular phones
Clouds
Lighting
Photovoltaic cells
Relays
Voltage measurement
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Summary:Utilization of solar energy as a power source has been one of the most active fields in science and engineering. One of the recent developments is to use a solar panel to recharge a cell phone. In order to validate the feasibility of this promising application, we conducted experiments on solar cell efficiency under the indoor environment using a typical commercial solar panel. Several types of indoor conditions were investigated. Our results indicate that, within sunshine illuminated rooms or under direct light exposure from a lamp, the power requirement for cell phone charging can be satisfied or provided to some extent. However, in the cloudy condition or under normal fluorescent lighting, the solar cell does not produce enough power to charge a cell phone.
ISBN:9781612848273
1612848273
ISSN:2160-6986
2160-7028
DOI:10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778623