A homogeniser inspired by the crustacean's eye with uniform irradiance distribution and high optical efficiency characteristics for concentrated photovoltaics system

DT Vu, H Vu, NH Vu - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We devise an implicitly new design for boosting the light uniformity in the concentrated
photovoltaics (CPV) system, whereby addressing the overheating issue of the PV cell and …

[HTML][HTML] Solar concentrator bio-inspired by the superposition compound eye for high-concentration photovoltaic system up to thousands fold factor

DT Vu, NM Kieu, TQ Tien, TP Nguyen, H Vu, S Shin… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
We have proposed a fruitful design principle targeting a concentration ratio (CR)> 1000× for
a typical high concentrating photovoltaics (HCPV) system, on account of a two-concentrator …

Freeform mirror array design for concentrating sunlight onto a CPV solar cell

Z Zhu, L Yang, D Ma - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system, realizing an illumination spot consistent with
the photosensitive area of the CPV cell while maintaining high optical performances is a …

[HTML][HTML] A novel concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system with the improvement of irradiance uniformity and the capturing of diffuse solar radiation

NX Tien, S Shin - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a novel concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system with improved
irradiation uniformity and system efficiency. CPV technology is very promising its for highly …

Optical performance analysis of a HCPV solar concentrator yielding highly uniform cell irradiance

YH Zou, TS Yang - Solar energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Here we analyze the optical performance of a novel solar concentrator design suitable for
high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) modules. In the design, a pair of confocal parabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Optics for concentrating photovoltaics: Trends, limits and opportunities for materials and design

K Shanks, S Senthilarasu, TK Mallick - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems are a key step in expanding the use of solar
energy. Solar cells can operate at increased efficiencies under higher solar concentration …

Design and realization of a new concentrating photovoltaic solar energy module based on lossless horizontally staggered light guide

Ö Selimoğlu - 2013 - open.metu.edu.tr
Concentrating Photovoltaic systems are good candidates for low cost and clean electricity
generation from solar energy. CPV means replacing much of the expensive semiconductor …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental comparison between spherical and refractive optics in a concentrating photovoltaic system

C Renno - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since there are not standard configurations of the Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV)
systems, several types of optics are designed and analyzed. In this paper, the optical …

Performance analysis of a two stage micro photovoltaic concentrator

SEL Ayane, S El Himer, S El-Yahyaoui… - 2019 7th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a comparative study of two Micro photovoltaic concentrator
systems (MCPV); the first is based on a Fresnel lens associated with a dome lens as …

[HTML][HTML] Development of Fresnel-based concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system with uniform irradiance

I Ullah - Journal of Daylighting, 2014 - solarlits.com
Different designs have been presented to achieve high concentration and uniformity for the
concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system. Most of the designs have issues of low efficiency in …