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Photovoltaic modules with cylindrical waveguides in a system for the secondary concentration of solar radiation

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The parameters of the concentrating photoelectric modules with triple-junction (InGaP/GaAs/Ge) solar cells whose focusing system contains an original secondary optical element are studied. The element consists of a plane-convex lens in optical contact with the front surface of an intermediate glass plate and a cylindrical waveguide that is located on the rear side of the glass plate above the surface of the solar element. It is demonstrated that the structure of the secondary optical element provides a wide misorientation characteristic of the concentrator and the cylindrical waveguide allows a more uniform radiation density over the surface of the solar cell. The effect of chromatic aberration in the primary and secondary optical systems on the parameters of photoelectric modules is analyzed. It is demonstrated that the presence of waveguides with a length of 3–5 mm leads to effective redistribution of radiation over the surface of the solar cell whereas shorter and longer waveguides provide the local concentration of radiation at the center of the photodetecting area.

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  1. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    V. M. Andreev, E. A. Ionova & V. D. Rumyantsev

  2. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Academic University, Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    N. Yu. Davidyuk

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Andreev, N.Yu. Davidyuk, E.A. Ionova, V.D. Rumyantsev, 2013, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 9, pp. 84–89.

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Andreev, V.M., Davidyuk, N.Y., Ionova, E.A. et al. Photovoltaic modules with cylindrical waveguides in a system for the secondary concentration of solar radiation. Tech. Phys. 58, 1323–1328 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784213090041

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