Planar photonic solar concentrators for building-integrated photovoltaics

Gudrun Kocher-Oberlehner; Bryce Richards; Martyn Pemble; Maria Bardosova

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.018

Planar photonic solar concentrators for building-integrated photovoltaics

Gudrun Kocher-Oberlehner
, Bryce Richards
, Martyn Pemble
, Maria Bardosova

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This collaboration with the Tyndall National Institute (Ireland) resulted in the first demonstration of a novel type of solar concentrator based on large-area 3D photonic crystal (PhC) structures intended for building integrated photovoltaics. Such a solar concentrator could be integrated into a window structure, allowing the amount of daylight coming into a room to be traded-off against the desired level of electrical generation. Up to eight layers of the PhC structure based on 250nm beads were deposited with a relative efficiency increase of a factor of 3 achieved compared to the clear substrate

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53–57
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	104
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.018
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012

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