Micro-Concentrators for a Microsystems-Enabled Photovoltaic System

Bradley Howell Jared,Michael P. Saavedra,Ben J. Anderson,Ron S. Goeke,William C. Sweatt,Gregory N. Nielson,Murat Okandan,Brenton Elisberg,Dave Snively,John Duncan

Micro-Concentrators for a Microsystems-Enabled Photovoltaic System

2013

Bradley Howell Jared
Michael P. Saavedra
Ben J. Anderson
Ron S. Goeke
William C. Sweatt
Gregory N. Nielson
Murat Okandan
Brenton Elisberg
Dave Snively
John Duncan

A 100X magnification, ±3° field of view micro-concentrating optical array has been developed with better than 90% transmission for a microsystems-enabled photovoltaic (MEPV) prototype module using 250 µm diameter multi-junction “stacked” PV cells.

Keywords:

Fresnel equations
Microsystem
Magnification
Semiconductor
Photovoltaic system
Field of view
Optics
Optoelectronics
Materials science

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