A comprehensive review of photovoltaic envelopes in China

摘要

Photovoltaic envelopes are both building energy sources and building envelopes,and they are consist of BIPV modules which replace conventional building materials or components of building envelopes such as roofs,skylights,or facades.This paper aims to review research developments that have made by Chinese scholars during the recent decade in this field of BIPV systems,especially of photovoltaic roofs,photovoltaic walls and photovoltaic shades.