Development of high efficiency and wide acceptance angle holographic solar concentrators for breakthrough photovoltaic applications

Marta Morales-Vidal; Tomás Lloret; Belén Nieto-Rodríguez; José Carlos García-Vázquez; Kheloud Berramdane; Eva M. Calzado; Inmaculada Pascual

doi:10.1117/12.2665633

31 May 2023 Development of high efficiency and wide acceptance angle holographic solar concentrators for breakthrough photovoltaic applications

Marta Morales-Vidal, Tomás Lloret, Belén Nieto-Rodríguez, José Carlos García-Vázquez, Kheloud Berramdane, Eva M. Calzado, Inmaculada Pascual

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 12574, Holography: Advances and Modern Trends VIII; 125740C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665633
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Solar concentrator systems represent an important challenge in our society for outstanding photovoltaic (PV) applications. Fresnel lenses or parabolic mirrors concentrate sunlight in a small solar cell surface. On the one hand, Fresnel lenses have an exceedingly small acceptance angle and require expensive tracking systems to follow the path of the Sun. On the other hand, conventional parabolic mirrors need periodic maintenance of the surface reflectivity. Holographic optical elements (HOEs) represent a suitable alternative to Fresnel lenses and solar reflectors, they are cheaper and more versatile. Particularly, multiplexed holographic solar concentrators (HSCs) give an insight into promising possibilities for Building-Integrated Concentrating PV (BICPV). A good trade-off between wide acceptance angle and high diffraction efficiency represents an important milestone in the area. Our research group obtained the higher acceptance angle in a multiplexed HSC design (Morales et. al. Opt. Express 30, 25366 (2022)). This design was composed of seven holographic multiplexed lenses in Biophotopol material with thick thickness, 197 μm. In the present work, more efficient holographic solar concentrators than previous works are shown. As far as we know, it has been obtained the best trade-off between high efficiency and wide acceptance angle HSC-PV solar cell systems.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Marta Morales-Vidal, Tomás Lloret, Belén Nieto-Rodríguez, José Carlos García-Vázquez, Kheloud Berramdane, Eva M. Calzado, and Inmaculada Pascual "Development of high efficiency and wide acceptance angle holographic solar concentrators for breakthrough photovoltaic applications", Proc. SPIE 12574, Holography: Advances and Modern Trends VIII, 125740C (31 May 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665633

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available