Concentrated photovoltaics stepped planar light guide

Duncan Moore; Greg Schmidt; Blair Unger

doi:10.1117/12.877725

9 September 2010 Concentrated photovoltaics stepped planar light guide

Duncan Moore, Greg Schmidt, Blair Unger

Proceedings Volume 7652, International Optical Design Conference 2010; 765215 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877725
Event: International Optical Design Conference 2010, 2010, Jackson Hole, WY, United States

Abstract

This work presents a planar optical light guide design for concentrating solar power onto a photovoltaic cell. The design allows concentrated light injected into the guide to avoid interaction with other injection facets. The presented design has a HFOV of 1°, geometrical concentration of 112.5x at the output of the guide, and can achieve greater than 500x with secondary concentration.

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Duncan Moore, Greg Schmidt, and Blair Unger "Concentrated photovoltaics stepped planar light guide", Proc. SPIE 7652, International Optical Design Conference 2010, 765215 (9 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877725

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