Increased Photovoltaic Power Output via Diffractive Spectrum Separation

In this Letter, we report the preliminary demonstration of a new paradigm for photovoltaic power generation that utilizes a broadband diffractive-optical element (BDOE) to efficiently separate sunlight into laterally spaced spectral bands. These bands are then absorbed by single-junction photovoltai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kim, Ganghun, Dominguez-Caballero, Jose Antonio, Lee, Howard, Friedman, Daniel J., Menon, Rajesh
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82521