• DocumentCode
    732516
  • Title

    Microphotonic spectrum-splitting & concentration for high-efficiency photovoltaics

  • Author

    Mohammad, Nabil ; Peng Wang ; Friedman, Daniel J. ; Ramanathan, Kannan ; Mansfield, Lorelle ; Menon, Rajesh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a diffractive microphotonic element that can split solar spectrum into 2 or more spectral bands, and concentrate these bands onto optimal absorbers. We experimentally demonstrated an increase in output power of 35% with a 3-band configuration.
  • Keywords
    diffractive optical elements; light absorption; micro-optics; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; diffractive microphotonic element; high-efficiency photovoltaics; microphotonic solar spectrum-splitting; optical absorbers; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Photovoltaic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7182948
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732516