Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology
Abstract
The present work outlines a general optimization methodology for hybrid systems consisting of photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) modules. Exemplarily, hybrid systems with hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon, hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and bulk heterojunction polymer thin-film solar cell for different solar TE generator efficiencies are evaluated. The proposed methodology optimizes the partitioning of the solar spectrum in order to yield the maximum conversion efficiency of a PV-TE hybrid system with a solar cell operating at ambient temperature.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 2008
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- Bibcode:
- 2008ApPhL..92x3503K
- Keywords:
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- 84.60.Jt;
- 84.60.Rb;
- 82.65.+r;
- 82.45.Wx;
- Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays;
- Thermoelectric electrogasdynamic and other direct energy conversion;
- Surface and interface chemistry;
- heterogeneous catalysis at surfaces;
- Polymers and organic materials in electrochemistry