Flat Fresnel doublets made of PMMA and PC: combining low cost production and very high concentration ratio for CPV

[en] The linear chromatic aberration (LCA) of several combinations of polycarbonates (PCs) and poly (methyl methacrylates) (PMMAs) as singlet, hybrid (refractive/diffractive) lenses and doublets operating with wavelengths between 380 and 1600 nm – corresponding to a typical zone of interest of concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) – are compared. Those comparisons show that the maximum theoretical concentration factor for singlets is limited to about 1000 × at normal incidence and that hybrid lenses and refractive doublets present a smaller LCA increasing the concentration factor up to 5000 × and 2 × 106 respectively. A new achromatization equation more useful than the Abbé equation is also presented. Finally we determined the ideal position of the focal point as a function of the LCA and the geometric concentration which maximizes the flux on the solar cell.

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Physics

Author, co-author :

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

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

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

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

Regaert, Donat

Thibert, Tanguy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

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

Language :

English

Title :

Flat Fresnel doublets made of PMMA and PC: combining low cost production and very high concentration ratio for CPV

Publication date :

29 March 2011

Journal title :

Optics Express

eISSN :

1094-4087

Publisher :

Optical Society of America, Washington, United States - District of Columbia

Special issue title :

Energy Express

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Issue :

Pages :

A280-A294

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