Design of a Photovoltaic Power-Array with Concentrated Sunlight

Estève, D.; Vialaret, G.; Achaibou, K.; Follea, D.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9840-7_34

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“…Different prototypes in the 1-10 kW range, using circular Fresnel lenses, are being built in Europe and the USA (Esteve et a1 1977, Burgess and Edenburn 1978, Donovan et a1 1978, Pizzini 1978, Luque et a1 1978. The average concentration factor is 40.…”

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1982

Rep. Prog. Phys.

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The actual status of research on photovoltaic energy conversion with regard to its possible role in the production of electric power from solar radiation is reviewed. Silicon cells in single-crystalline or semi-crystalline forms are considered to be the dominant devices for the next decade. A variety of possibilities yielding lower fabrication costs and still high conversion efficiencies exist; an order-of-magnitude reduction from the present-day cost level turns out to be a realistic goal. This can be achieved by a combined effort in the fields of silicon material preparation, cell processing and module fabrication.Other longer term viable options are amorphous silicon, thin-film GaAs, 11-VI compounds such as CdS and some advanced approaches using concentrated sunlight. It is believed that ultimately module efficiency will strongly determine the economic viability of a photovoltaic material.

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Section: Systems With High Aperture To Concentrator Area Ratiomentioning

confidence: 99%