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Holographic Optical Lenses Recorded on a Glassy Matrix-Based Photopolymer for Solar Concentrators
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Ferrara, Maria Antonietta Borbone, Fabio Coppola, Giuseppe |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Global warming is a very topical issue, therefore the search for new renewable energy sources is considered of fundamental importance. Among these, solar energy offers great possibilities considering that the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth ‘s surface in an hour and a half is enough to meet the world’s electricity consumption for a complete year. Generally, solar concentrators are used to collect the solar radiation and to concentrate it at a single focal point. These devices consist in a set of mirrors or mechanical structures to reduce the area of a photovoltaic cell, which is typically very expensive. Volume transmission phase holographic optical elements could be opportunely designed and realized to obtain a simple, lightweight, compact and inexpensive planar solar concentrator. With the aim of bringing scientific attention to this still developing topic, in this work we critically report a complete investigation on a new photopolymeric material obtained by sol-gel reactions used as possible recording material for volume holographic solar concentrators; as a proof of concept, both terrestrial and extreme environments, such as space, are considered as potential applications. |
| Starting Page | 585 |
| e-ISSN | 23046732 |
| DOI | 10.3390/photonics8120585 |
| Journal | Photonics |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-12-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Photonics Holographic Solar Concentrator Holographic Lens Volume Phase Holographic Optical Elements |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
