Spectral study and classification of worldwide locations considering several multijunction solar cell technologies
Multi-junction solar cells are widely used in high-concentration photovoltaic systems (HCPV) attaining the highest efficiencies in photovoltaic energy generation. This technology is more dependent on the spectral variations of the impinging Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) than conventional photovolta...
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ftunivpmadrid:oai:oa.upm.es:40485 2023-05-15T13:06:19+02:00 Spectral study and classification of worldwide locations considering several multijunction solar cell technologies Nuñez Júdez, Rubén Jin, Chen Victoria Pérez, Marta Domínguez Domínguez, César Askins, Stephen Herrero Martin, Rebeca Antón Hernández, Ignacio Sala Pano, Gabriel 2016-05-11 application/pdf https://oa.upm.es/40485/ eng eng https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2781 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/CAM//S2013%2FMAE-2780 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/pip.2781 https://oa.upm.es/40485/ (c) Editor/Autor info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, ISSN 1062-7995, 2016-05-11, Vol. n/a, No. n/a Energías Renovables info:eu-repo/semantics/article Artículo PeerReviewed 2016 ftunivpmadrid https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2781 2022-12-07T00:15:11Z Multi-junction solar cells are widely used in high-concentration photovoltaic systems (HCPV) attaining the highest efficiencies in photovoltaic energy generation. This technology is more dependent on the spectral variations of the impinging Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) than conventional photovoltaics based on silicon solar cells and consequently demands a deeper knowledge of the solar resource characteristics. This article explores the capabilities of spectral indexes, namely, spectral matching ratios (SMR), to spectrally characterize the annual irradiation reaching a particular location on the Earth and to provide the necessary information for the spectral optimization of a MJ solar cell in that location as a starting point for CPV module spectral tuning. Additionally, the relationship between such indexes and the atmosphere parameters, such as the aerosol optical depth (AOD), precipitable water (PW), and air mass (AM), is discussed using radiative transfer models such as SMARTS to generate the spectrally-resolved DNI. The network of ground-based sun and sky-scanning radiometers AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) is exploited to obtain the atmosphere parameters for a selected bunch of 34 sites worldwide. Finally, the SMR indexes are obtained for every location, and a comparative analysis is carried out for four architectures of triple junction solar cells, covering both lattice match and metamorphic technologies. The differences found among cell technologies are much less significant than among locations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Aerosol Robotic Network Archivo Digital UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 24 9 1214 1228 |
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Multi-junction solar cells are widely used in high-concentration photovoltaic systems (HCPV) attaining the highest efficiencies in photovoltaic energy generation. This technology is more dependent on the spectral variations of the impinging Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) than conventional photovoltaics based on silicon solar cells and consequently demands a deeper knowledge of the solar resource characteristics. This article explores the capabilities of spectral indexes, namely, spectral matching ratios (SMR), to spectrally characterize the annual irradiation reaching a particular location on the Earth and to provide the necessary information for the spectral optimization of a MJ solar cell in that location as a starting point for CPV module spectral tuning. Additionally, the relationship between such indexes and the atmosphere parameters, such as the aerosol optical depth (AOD), precipitable water (PW), and air mass (AM), is discussed using radiative transfer models such as SMARTS to generate the spectrally-resolved DNI. The network of ground-based sun and sky-scanning radiometers AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) is exploited to obtain the atmosphere parameters for a selected bunch of 34 sites worldwide. Finally, the SMR indexes are obtained for every location, and a comparative analysis is carried out for four architectures of triple junction solar cells, covering both lattice match and metamorphic technologies. The differences found among cell technologies are much less significant than among locations. |
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Nuñez Júdez, Rubén Jin, Chen Victoria Pérez, Marta Domínguez Domínguez, César Askins, Stephen Herrero Martin, Rebeca Antón Hernández, Ignacio Sala Pano, Gabriel |
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Spectral study and classification of worldwide locations considering several multijunction solar cell technologies |
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Spectral study and classification of worldwide locations considering several multijunction solar cell technologies |
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Spectral study and classification of worldwide locations considering several multijunction solar cell technologies |
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