Authors

H. C. Chen; L. B. Chang; H. T. Lin; M. J. Jeng;L. Chow

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Photoenergy

Keywords

SILICON SOLAR-CELLS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; FILM; LAYER; Chemistry, Physical; Energy & Fuels; Optics; Physics, Atomic, Molecular; & Chemical

Abstract

A complex solar unit with microcrystalline silicon solar cells placed around the centered GaAs triple junction solar cell has been proposed and carried out. With the same illumination area and intensity, the total resultant power shows that the excess microcrystalline silicon solar cells increase the total output power by 13.2% by absorbing the reflective light from the surface of optical collimators. Furthermore, reusing the residual heat energy generated from the above-mentioned mechanism helps to increase the output power by around 14.1%. This mechanism provides a simple method to enhance the utility rate of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system. Such concept can be further applied to the aerospace industry and the development of more efficient CPV solar energy applications.

Journal Title

International Journal of Photoenergy

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

6

WOS Identifier

WOS:000317783200001

ISSN

1110-662X

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