Concentrator photovoltaic module architectures with capabilities for capture and conversion of full global solar radiation.

ABSTRACT: Emerging classes of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules reach efficiencies that are far greater than those of even the highest performance flat-plate PV technologies, with architectures that have the potential to provide the lowest cost of energy in locations with high direct normal irradiance (DNI). A disadvantage is their inability to effectively use diffuse sunlight, thereby constraining widespread geographic deployment and limiting performance even under the most favorable DNI conditions. This study introduces a module design that integrates capabilities in flat-plate PV directly with the most sophisticated CPV technologies, for capture of both direct and diffuse sunlight, thereby achieving efficiency in PV conversion of the global solar radiation. Specific examples of this scheme

SUBMITTER: Lee KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5187745 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature