Concentrated photovoltaics as light harvesters: Outlook, recent progress, and challenges

A Ejaz, H Babar, HM Ali, F Jamil, MM Janjua… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) is a dawn technology in the field of photovoltaic that helps
in escalating the effective use of solar energy. Nowadays, applications of photovoltaic solar …

[HTML][HTML] Optics for concentrating photovoltaics: Trends, limits and opportunities for materials and design

K Shanks, S Senthilarasu, TK Mallick - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems are a key step in expanding the use of solar
energy. Solar cells can operate at increased efficiencies under higher solar concentration …

Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in visible and near-infrared bands

X Zhang, J Qiu, X Li, J Zhao, L Liu - Applied optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The complex refractive indices of polymers have important applications in the analysis of
their components and the study of radiation endothermic mechanisms. Since these materials …

Refractive index measurements of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) from 0.4–1.6 μm

G Beadie, M Brindza, RA Flynn, A Rosenberg… - Applied …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Using a transmission-spectrum-based method, the refractive index of a 50 μm thick sample
of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) was measured as a function of wavelength. To mitigate …

Challenges in the design of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules to achieve highest efficiencies

M Wiesenfarth, I Anton, AW Bett - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) is a special high efficiency system technology in the world
of PV-technologies. The idea of CPV is to use optical light concentrators to increase the …

Research on combined solar fiber lighting and photovoltaic power generation system based on the spectral splitting technology

L ** a micro-CPV system with static optical elements
designed to be placed at the exterior side of buildings to maximize building integration …

Novel lighter weight crystalline silicon photovoltaic module using acrylic-film as a cover sheet

T Kajisa, H Miyauchi, K Mizuhara… - Japanese Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Lighter weight multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules were investigated by
substitution of acrylic thin film for standard glass as a cover sheet. Acrylic-film PV mini …