Dr. Joel Troughton

Post Doctoral Fellow KAUST

Biography

Dr. Joel Troughton received his doctorate in engineering from Swansea University, UK in 2016 following a thesis on the subject of the scale-up of perovskite solar cells for commercial manufacture. During this project, he worked alongside companies including TATA Steel Europe, NSG Pilkington, BASF, Dyesol and GCell in order to bring next-generation photovoltaics to market. In 2018, Troughton, alongside KSC co-workers Dr. Nicola Gasparini, Dr. Daniel Bryant and Prof. Derya Baran co-founded Iyris – A startup seeking to develop transparent photovoltaics for buildings and greenhouses.

All sessions by Dr. Joel Troughton

iyris: Systems challenges and hidden features in building-integrated PV
01:55 PM

Iyris is a KAUST Solar Center spin-out formed in 2018 seeking to develop transparent photovoltaics for buildings and greenhouses as well as their corresponding systems. In this talk, we will outline some of the ‘balance-of-systems’ design considerations which are somewhat unique to the building-integrated nature of our solar panels: An example being cost-effective, per-panel maximum power point tracking to harvest the greatest amount of solar energy available.

In addition, we will discuss some of the hidden benefits to our transparent photovoltaic technology, including a significant reduction in heat transmission through the solar panel. In high irradiance and hot climates such as Saudi Arabia, this heat reduction significantly contributes to the value proposition of Iyris photovoltaic windows.

Dr. Joel Troughton

Post Doctoral Fellow KAUST

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