Solar Splitting Systems Research Articles

Conversion efficiency in a solar splitting system

In this paper we report on concentrator photovoltaic system made by splitting the solar system based on separate Si, GaAs, and InGaN solar cells. The SSCPV module was fabricated and conversion efficiency up to 24.8% was achieved for the concentration factor of 12.8 that is in correlation with theoretical predictions.

High-efficiency (η = 39.6%, AM 1.5D) cascade of photoconverters in solar splitting systems

A concentrator photovoltaic module with spectral splitting of solar radiation is developed. The module is based on a Fresnel lens and two dichroic filters. Solar cells based on AlGaAs and GaAs are grown by low-temperature liquid-phase epitaxy. GaSb photoconverters are fabricated by zinc gas-phase diffusion into a base epitaxial layer or an n-type GaSb substrate. The total efficiency of three solar cells developed for the spectral splitting module reached 39.6% (AM 1.5D spectrum).