Spectral splitting planar solar concentrator : Design and Experimental testing Preliminary results

[en] We present a new concept in solar concentrator: spectral splitting. It implies reflective, refractive and diffractive elements that allow two spectrally differentiated beams to reach different and/or unmatched lattice solar cells. Those cells efficiencies are then enhanced. The aimed geometrical concentration factor is 5× and the theoretical optical efficiency of that concentrator concept reaches 82%.

Research center :

CSL - Centre Spatial de Liège - ULiège

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Blain, Pascal ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optique - Hololab

Michel, Céline ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optique - Hololab

Clermont, Lionel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

Languy, Fabian ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optique - Hololab

Décultot, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optique - Hololab

Habraken, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optique - Hololab

Lenaerts, Cedric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

Fleury-Frenette, Karl ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

Vandormael, Denis

Loicq, Jerôme ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

Language :

English

Title :

Spectral splitting planar solar concentrator : Design and Experimental testing Preliminary results

Publication date :

15 May 2014

Event name :

SPIE Photonics Europe 2014

Event place :

Liège, Belgium

Event date :

15 May 2014

Audience :

International

Journal title :

Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering

ISSN :

0277-786X

eISSN :

1996-756X

Publisher :

International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, United States - Washington

Volume :

9140

Name of the research project :

Guide2Dye

Funders :

DGTRE - Région wallonne. Direction générale des Technologies, de la Recherche et de l'Énergie [BE]

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