NDLI: A novel concentrator design with PV junctions on the sides of a flat panel

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Author	Jiansheng Liu Jingong Pan Georgiou, G.E. Chin, K.K. Zheng Zheng Tan, J.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark 07102-9895, USA (Jingong Pan; Georgiou, G.E.; Chin, K.K.) \|\| School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China (Jiansheng Liu; Zheng Zheng; Tan, J.)
Abstract	Deploying a concentrator for a photovoltaic (PV) system has been proved to be one of the most efficient ways to reduce the junction material cost per watt output, and to increase the power output per unit module area facing the sun. In this paper a novel side-mounted concentrator solar module structure and design that could be rather compact and thin compared to current designs, and yet provides good concentration efficiency is proposed and studied. The efficiency of the designed concentrators is investigated by a method of ray-tracing simulations. The design result on a 40mm × 40mm × 2mm panel concentrator reveals that a total Effective Geometrical Concentration (Cg) of 2.7 is achievable over a large acceptance angle range of 20°, which could enable non-tracking or limited 1-D tracking deployment of such concentrators. Besides, the concentrator solar cell of this design is fully planar and easily expanded into a large cell mosaic-piling like panel. As the cell in it does not need to face the sun directly, the active cell part can be shielded from the damage of high energy radiation, which makes it extremely suitable for space applications.
Starting Page	001127
Ending Page	001131
File Size	3936417
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424429493
ISSN	01608371
DOI	10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411218
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-06-07
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Substrates Conductivity Epitaxial growth Conductive films Glass X-ray scattering Molecular beam epitaxial growth Electrodes Transistors Electrons
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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