Line-Focus and Point-Focus Space Photovoltaic Concentrators Using Robust Fresnel Lenses, 4-Junction Cells, & Graphene Radiators

At the past two PVSCs, our team presented recent advances in our line-focus space photovoltaic concentrator technology. In the past year, under Phase II and Phase II E SBIR programs and other programs funded by NASA, our team has extended the technology to point-focus concentrators as well, and has...

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Published in2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) pp. 525 - 530
Main Authors O'Neill, Mark, McDanal, A.J., Piszczor, Michael, Myers, Matt, Sharps, Paul, McPheeters, Claiborne, Steinfeldt, Jeff
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2017
Subjects
concentrator
Fresnel lens
Graphene
Junctions
Lenses
multijunction cells
NASA
Photovoltaic cells
Prototypes
Testing
ultralight
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Summary:At the past two PVSCs, our team presented recent advances in our line-focus space photovoltaic concentrator technology. In the past year, under Phase II and Phase II E SBIR programs and other programs funded by NASA, our team has extended the technology to point-focus concentrators as well, and has made much additional progress in the development of this new family of space photovoltaic concentrators. Both versions use flat, robust Fresnel lenses, high-efficiency 4-junction cells, and innovative graphene radiators. This paper presents the latest advances in this technology.
DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366596