Memorias de investigación
Ponencias en congresos:
Spatial and spectral non-uniform irradiance distribution effects on multijunction solar cells
Año:2011

Áreas de investigación
  • Energía solar,
  • Células solares,
  • Ingeniería eléctrica

Datos
Descripción
When refractive optical systems are used to concentrate light onto high efficiency solar cells chromatic aberration creates irradiance distributions over the cells which are neither spatially nor spectrally uniform. Multijunction solar cells are the photovoltaic device with the highest conversion efficiency. However, their efficiency under a concentration system can be significantly lower than the measured efficiency under uniform irradiance and reference conditions. In this paper the irradiance distribution created by a Fresnel lens is studied by ray-tracing simulations and it is characterized using a CCD camera and adequate filters. The effects of the non uniform irradiance distribution on the solar cell performance are analyzed by measuring the IV curve of an elementary unit of the system when illuminated by a solar simulator. IV curves for different lens to cell distances are measured and compared to allow a better understanding of the system.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
Photonics North
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Ottawa, Canadá
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
0277786X
DOI
10.1117/12.905788
Fecha inicio congreso
16/05/2011
Fecha fin congreso
18/05/2011
Desde la página
800724
Hasta la página
800724
Título de las actas
Proc. SPIE 8007

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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Integración de Sistemas e Instrumentos (ISI)
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Instituto de Energía Solar
  • Departamento: Sistemas Electrónicos y de Control
  • Departamento: Electrónica Física