A spectrum-splitting and beam-concentrating (SSBC) diffractive optical element (DOE) for three-junction pho- tovoltaics (PV) system is designed and fabricated by five-circ/e micro-fabrication. The incident solar...A spectrum-splitting and beam-concentrating (SSBC) diffractive optical element (DOE) for three-junction pho- tovoltaics (PV) system is designed and fabricated by five-circ/e micro-fabrication. The incident solar light is efficiently split into three sub-spectrum ranges and strongly concentrated on the focal plane, which can be di- rectly utilized by suitable spectrum-matching solar cells. The system concentration factor reaches 12x. Moreover, the designed wavelengths (450nm, 550nm and 65Onto) are spatially distributed on the focal plane, in good agree- ment with the theoretical results. The average optical effic/ency of all the cells over the three designed wavelengths is 60.07%. The SSBC DOE with a high concentration factor and a high optical efficiency provides a cost-effective approach to achieve higher PV conversion efficieneies.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 91233202,91433205 and 51421002the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘A spectrum-splitting and beam-concentrating (SSBC) diffractive optical element (DOE) for three-junction pho- tovoltaics (PV) system is designed and fabricated by five-circ/e micro-fabrication. The incident solar light is efficiently split into three sub-spectrum ranges and strongly concentrated on the focal plane, which can be di- rectly utilized by suitable spectrum-matching solar cells. The system concentration factor reaches 12x. Moreover, the designed wavelengths (450nm, 550nm and 65Onto) are spatially distributed on the focal plane, in good agree- ment with the theoretical results. The average optical effic/ency of all the cells over the three designed wavelengths is 60.07%. The SSBC DOE with a high concentration factor and a high optical efficiency provides a cost-effective approach to achieve higher PV conversion efficieneies.