Abstract
Space-based solar power systems (SSPS) offer a renewable source of energy generation that features higher power production than terrestrial photovoltaics (PV) systems with visibly unobstructed access to direct sunlight. Because of the high launch and deployment costs for SSPS, PV arrays intended for such applications are designed so as to maximize the specific power (W/kg) of the array. Here we present a first analysis for a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) module designed for SSPS. LSC devices absorb and trap incident sunlight in a planar dielectric waveguide through photon downshifting via absorption and Stokes-shifted emission from embedded luminophores. Emitted photons are trapped within the waveguide and concentrated onto small area solar cells, spectrally matched to the luminophore band edge. Here we investigate the influence of luminophore material and concentration factor on the LSC specific power. We develop an LSC system design that can achieve up to 1.8 kW/kg.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 2798-2801 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728104942 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: Jun 16 2019 → Jun 21 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference |
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ISSN (Print) | 0160-8371 |
Conference
Conference | 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 6/16/19 → 6/21/19 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 IEEE.
Keywords
- Monte Carlo methods
- photoluminescence
- photovoltaic cells
- quantum dots
- space technology