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Initial Test Bed for Very High Efficiency Solar Cells

May-2008

8 pages

Authors: Allen Barnett; Keith Emergy; Paul Sharps; Allen Gray; Jeff Gray; Richard Schwartz; Myles Steiner; Mark Wanlass; Keith Goossen; Fouad Kiamilev; Dan Laubacher; Doug Kirkpatrick; Christiana Honsberg; Paola Murcia; Nick Waite; Xiaoting Wang; Larry Kazmerski; DELAWARE UNIV NEWARK DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program is developing integrated optical system-photovoltaic modules for portable applications that operate at greater than 50 percent efficiency. We are integrating the optical design with the solar cell design, and we have entered previously unoccupied design space. A test bed for rapid development and verification of performance of subsystems is also being developed. The results and analysis of the first complete integrated optics and ...

Milestones Toward 50% Efficient Solar Cell Modules

Sep-2007

7 pages

Authors: Allen Barnett; Sarah Kurtz; Larry Kazmerski; Tom Moriarty; Myles Steiner; Jeffery Gray; Tom Davenport; Roger Buelow; Laszlo Takacs; Allen Gray; Dan Aiken; Douglas Kirkpatrick; Christiana Honsberg; Duncan Moore; Mark Wanlass; Keith Emergy; Richard Schwartz; Dave Carlson; Stuart Bowden; Narkis Shatz; DELAWARE UNIV NEWARK

The Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program is developing integrated optical system - PV modules for portable applications that operate at greater than 50 percent efficiency. We are integrating the optical design with the solar cell design, and have entered previously unoccupied design space. Our approach is driven by proven quantitative models for the solar cell design, the optical design and the integration of these designs. Optical systems efficiency ...