Abstract
Ultra-High Concentrator Photovoltaic (UHCPV) designs with up to more than 6000× geometrical concentration and optical efficiency of 80% are demonstrated in this paper by means of ray tracing simulations. These are developed based on Cassegrain-Koehler concentrators [Opt. Lett.41(9), 1985 (2016)], with four pairs of paraboloid-hyperboloid mirrors and a central receiver composed of four Cartesian ovals of revolution. Designs at different geometrical concentrations are analyzed based on their aspect ratios (F-number). The most compact designs exhibit highest optical efficiencies. Moreover, a 3015× geometrical concentration one-cell prototype, made of aluminum and PMMA (poly(methyl methacrylate)), is fabricated and characterized indoors, achieving an effective concentration of 938 suns. This represents the CPV module with the highest geometrical concentration that has been experimentally investigated that could be found in the scientific literature.
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