TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical concentration effects on conversion efficiency of a split-spectrum solar cell system
AU - Hossain, Mohammad I.
AU - Bousselham, Abdelkader
AU - Alharbi, Fahhad H.
PY - 2014/2/19
Y1 - 2014/2/19
N2 - A detailed analysis is presented to exhibit the possibility of a split-spectrum solar cell system to improve solar energy conversion above 50% and to explain the important role of optical concentration in such a system. The analysis is based on numerical simulation using a solar cell capacitance simulator. In the analysis, it is assumed that an ideal optical system is used to split the solar spectrum and concentrate the radiation into a six-solar-cell system. The parameters of the assumed and used materials are obtained from literature. The analysis shows that an efficiency of 45.39% can be achieved without concentration. This can reach 47.35% with 10 Sun concentration and 49.84% with 100 Sun concentration.
AB - A detailed analysis is presented to exhibit the possibility of a split-spectrum solar cell system to improve solar energy conversion above 50% and to explain the important role of optical concentration in such a system. The analysis is based on numerical simulation using a solar cell capacitance simulator. In the analysis, it is assumed that an ideal optical system is used to split the solar spectrum and concentrate the radiation into a six-solar-cell system. The parameters of the assumed and used materials are obtained from literature. The analysis shows that an efficiency of 45.39% can be achieved without concentration. This can reach 47.35% with 10 Sun concentration and 49.84% with 100 Sun concentration.
KW - SCAPS
KW - optical concentration
KW - solar cells
KW - split-spectrum solar cell system
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U2 - 10.1088/0022-3727/47/7/075101
DO - 10.1088/0022-3727/47/7/075101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893538090
SN - 0022-3727
VL - 47
JO - Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
JF - Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 075101
ER -