Bio-Based Solar Energy Harvesting for Onsite Mobile Optical Temperature Sensing in Smart Cities

resumo

The Internet of Things (IoT) fosters the development of smart city systems for sustainable living and increases comfort for people. One of the current challenges for sustainable buildings is the optimization of energy management. Temperature monitoring in buildings is of prime importance, as heating account for a great part of the total energy consumption. Here, a solar optical temperature sensor is presented with a thermal sensitivity of up to 1.23% degrees C-1 based on sustainable aqueous solutions of enhanced green fluorescent protein and C-phycocyanin from biological feedstocks. These photonic sensors are presented under the configuration of luminescent solar concentrators widely proposed as a solution to integrate energy-generating devices in buildings, as windows or facades. The developed mobile sensor is inserted in IoT context through the development of a self-powered system able to measure, record, and send data to a user-friendly website.

palavras-chave

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OF-THE-ART; POSTOCCUPANCY EVALUATION; CONCENTRATORS; EXTRACTION; PURIFICATION; PHYCOCYANIN; BRIGHTNESS; STABILITY; CHEMISTRY

categoria

Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Materials Science

autores

Correia, SFH; Bastos, ARN; Martins, M; Macario, IPE; Veloso, T; Pereira, JL; Coutinho, JAP; Ventura, SPM; Andre, PS; Ferreira, RAS

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agradecimentos

S.F.H.C. and A.R.N.B. contributed equally to this work. This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020, and LA/P/0006/2020), Instituto de Telecomunicacoes (UIDB/50008/2020 and UIDP/50008/2020), CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020, UIDB/50017/2020 and LA/P/0094/2020) and SOLPOWINS -Solar-Powered Smart Windows for Sustainable Buildings (PTDC/CTM-REF/4304/2020) financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership through European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the frame of Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme (POCI). The authors also thank FCT for PTDC/BTABTA/30914/2017, SFRH/BD/123850/2016, SFRH/BD/147346/2019, and SFRH/BD/122220/2016. S.F.H.C. thanks European Space Agency (ESA STAR AO 2-1790/21/NL/GLC/ov).

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