The present work outlines a general optimization methodology for hybrid systems consisting
of photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) modules. Exemplarily, hybrid systems with
hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon, hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and bulk
heterojunction polymer thin-film solar cell for different solar TE generator efficiencies are
evaluated. The proposed methodology optimizes the partitioning of the solar spectrum in
order to yield the maximum conversion efficiency of a PV-TE hybrid system with a solar cell …