Author Identifier (ORCID)

Mikhail Vasiliev

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7669-1782

kamal alameh

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-0137

Abstract

We report on the study of energy-harvesting performance in medium-size (400 cm2) glass-based semitransparent solar concentrators employing edge-mounted photovoltaic modules. Systems using several different types of glazing system architecture and containing embedded diffractive structures are prepared and characterized. The technological approaches to the rapid manufacture of large-area diffractive elements suitable for use in solar window-type concentrators are described. These elements enable the internal deflection and partial trapping of light inside glass-based concentrator windows. We focus on uncovering the potential of pattern-transfer polymer-based soft lithography for enabling both the improved photon collection probability at solar cell surfaces, and the up-scaling of semitransparent solar window dimensions. Results of photovoltaic characterization of several solar concentrators employing different internal glazing-system structure and diffractive elements produced using different technologies are reported and discussed.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2018

Publication Title

Photonics

Publisher

MDPI AG

School

School of Science / Electron Science Research Institute

RAS ID

27168

Funders

Australian Research Council

Grant Number

ARC Number : LP130100130

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Comments

Vasiliev, M., Alameh, K., Badshah, M., & Kim, S. M. (2018, August). Semi-Transparent Energy-Harvesting Solar Concentrator Windows Employing Infrared Transmission-Enhanced Glass and Large-Area Microstructured Diffractive Elements. In Photonics. 5 (3), p. 25. Available here

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.3390/photonics5030025

Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.3390/photonics5030025