摘要
Instrongsolarlight,siliconsolarpanelscanheatupby70℃and,thereby,looseapproximatelyonethirdoftheirefficiencyforelectricitygeneration.Leafstructuresofplantsontheotherhand,havedevelopedaseriesoftechnologicaladaptations,whichallowthemtolimittheirtemperatureto40-45℃infullsunlight,evenifwaterevaporationissuppressed.Thisisaccomplishedbyseveralstrategiessuchaslimitationofleafsize,optimizationofaerodynamicsinwind,limitationofabsorbedsolarenergyonlytotheusefulfractionofradiationandbyefficientthermalemission.Opticalandinfraredthermographicmeasurementsunderasolarsimulatorandinastreamingchannelwereusedtoinvestigatethecorrespondingpropertiesofleavesandtoidentifysuitablebionicmodelsystems.ExperimentsstartedwiththeserratedstructureofordinarygreenleavesdistributedovertypicaltwigstructuresandfinallyidentifiedtheAustralianpalmtreeLicualaramsayiasamoreusefulbionicmodel.Itcombinesalargeareaforsolarenergyharvestingwithoptimizedaerodynamicpropertiesforcoolingandisabletorestructureitselfasaprotectionagainststrongwinds.Thebionicmodels,whichwereconstructedandbuilt,areanalyzedanddiscussed.
出版日期
2010年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
