Photovoltaic cell characteristics for high-intensity laser light in fiber optic power transmission systems

Author

Miyakawa, Hiroshi ; Hyodo, Ryo ; Tanaka, Yosuke ; Kurokawa, Takashi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Technol., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

19-24 May 2002

Firstpage

1653

Lastpage

1655

Abstract

As a basic study of a fiber optic power transmission system, characteristics of a photovoltaic (PV) cell for high-intensity laser light were investigated. The energy conversion efficiency much higher than that for solar light was experimentally confirmed. As a degradation factor of the energy conversion efficiency of the PV cell, the effect of the heat caused by the laser was clarified. We showed that a heat radiator could effectively suppress the temperature increase and maintain the high conversion efficiency. We also clarified that the minute value of series resistance of the PV cell could degrade the PV cell characteristics.

Keywords

laser beam applications; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; power transmission; semiconductor lasers; solar cells; building optical fiber network; degradation factor; energy conversion efficiency; fiber optic power transmission system; fiber optic power transmission systems; heat radiator; high conversion efficiency; high power laser diode; high-intensity laser light; photovoltaic cell characteristics; series resistance; temperature increase suppression; Degradation; Energy conversion; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power lasers; Power transmission; Solar power generation; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE

ISSN

1060-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7471-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190934

Filename

1190934