| 摘要 |
A solar energy collection device for obtaining electrical energy and thermal energy from incident solar energy is presented. The device comprises a transparent cover plate 12 covering at least part of a side of a heating chamber 14 for converting solar energy into thermal energy using fluid supplied to the heating chamber. The device also comprises a photovoltaic cell 24 for converting solar energy into electrical energy. The photovoltaic cell is positioned within the heating chamber such that fluid supplied to the heating chamber can be positioned between the covered side 26 of the heating chamber and the photovoltaic cell and between the opposite side 28 of the heating chamber and the photovoltaic cell, thereby enabling at least two sides of the photovoltaic cell to conduct thermal energy to the supplied fluid. Preferably, the solar energy collection device is in the form of a roof tile 10. A batten (50, fig.4) for use with a solar energy collection device is also disclosed, where the batten comprises one or more electrically conductive links (52, fig.4) adapted to electrically connect together a first and a second solar energy collection device. |
