Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

Integrated Micro‐Scale Concentrating Photovoltaics: A Scalable Path Toward High‐Efficiency, Low‐Cost Solar Power

N Jost, T Gu, J Hu, C Domínguez, I Antón - Solar RRL, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global energy market is seeing increases in the electricity demand of a couple of
percentage points annually. The photovoltaic (PV) industry is also growing rapidly every …

Optical developments in concentrator photovoltaic systems—a review

W Iqbal, I Ullah, S Shin - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Energy needs have increased with global advancements and industrial revolutions.
Electrical energy utilization shares a huge amount of energy with residential and industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Direct fabrication of arrays of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 micro solar cells by sputtering for micro-concentrator photovoltaics

RG Poeira, A Pérez-Rodríguez, AJCM Prot, M Alves… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-concentrator photovoltaics combines efficiency boosting light concentration with low
electrical losses due to thermally cool sub-millimeter sized solar cells. Thin-film Cu (In, Ga) …

Optimal strategy for the improvement of the overall performance of dual-axis solar tracking systems

DA Flores-Hernández, A Luviano-Juárez… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar Tracking Systems are useful to increase the generation efficiency of photovoltaic
technology, mainly for concentration technology, where dual-axis is required on account of …

Demonstration of Power-over-Fiber with Watts of Output Power Capabilities over Kilometers or at Cryogenic Temperatures

S Fafard, D Masson - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
We demonstrate the use of laser diodes and multijunction photovoltaic power converters to
efficiently deliver watts of electrical power for long-distance or cryogenic applications …

Study on thermo-electrical performance of spray-cooled concentrating photovoltaic system using oleic acid modified nanofluid

H Chen, S Ren, Y Zhao, H Wang, Y Cui, Y Chen… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In the utilization of solar photovoltaics, concentrated photovoltaic technology can effectively
improve the efficiency of solar cells, but it is limited by the problems of contact thermal …

Multijunction solar cell mesa isolation: Correlation between process, morphology and cell performance

M de Lafontaine, F Ayari, E Pargon, G Gay… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multijunction solar cells must be electrically isolated from one to another at the end of the
fabrication process; a step known as mesa isolation. In this study, three different techniques …

Fabrication of Crystalline Si Thin Films for Photovoltaics

J An, Y Shen, P Roca i Cabarrocas… - physica status solidi …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Crystalline Si (c‐Si) thin films have been widely studied for their application to solar cells
and flexible electronics. However, their application at large scale is limited by their …

[HTML][HTML] Array of micro multijunction solar cells interconnected by conductive inks

N Jost, S Askins, R Dixon, M Ackermann… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro-concentrator photovoltaics (micro-CPV) consists of the reduction in size of the
components of the conventional concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology, attaining …