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Experimental Confirmation of FK Concentrator Insensitivity to Chromatic Aberrations
Year:2013

Research Areas
  • Electric engineers, electronic and automatic (eil)

Information
Abstract
.The FK concentrator has demonstrated during the last years that compares very well with other Fresnel-based concentrator optics for CPV. There are several features that provide the FK high performance: (1) high optical efficiency; (2) large tolerance to tracking misalignment and manufacturing errors, thanks to a high CAP (Concentration-Acceptance Product); (3) good irradiance uniformity and low chromatic dispersion on the cell surface. Non-uniformities in terms of absolute irradiance and spectral content produced by conventional CPV systems can originate electrical losses in multi-junction (MJ) solar cells. The aim of this work is to analyze the influence of these non-uniformities in the FK concentrator performance and how FK concentrator provides high electrical efficiencies thanks to its insensitivity to chromatic aberrations, especially when components move away from the module nominal position due to manufacturing misalignments. This analysis has been done here by means of both, experimental on-sun measurements and simulations based on 3D fully distributed circuit model for MJ cells.
International
Si
Congress
9 International Conference on concentrator Photovoltaic System CPV-9
960
Place
Miyazaki, Japan
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-0735410862
10.1063/1.4822206
Start Date
15/04/2013
End Date
17/04/2013
From page
88
To page
91
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Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Semiconductores III-V
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Instituto de Energía Solar