eprintid: 3895
rev_number: 18
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creators_name: García Vara, Iván
creators_name: Algora del Valle, Carlos
creators_name: Rey-Stolle Prado, Ignacio
creators_name: Galiana Blanco, Beatriz
title: Study of non-uniform light profiles on high concentration III-V solar cells using quasi-3D distributed models
publisher: IEEE Computer Society
rights: by-nc-nd
ispublished: pub
subjects: telecomunicaciones
subjects: renovables
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
abstract: The quasi-3D models based on distributed circuit units are a powerful tool to analyse the performance of a solar cell from the point of view of its electrical behavior. Quite accurate models have been developed in the past that reproduce the experimental data of single-junction solar cells very closely. These models help in the determination of the origin of the peculiarities of the dark and one sun or high concentration experimental I-V curves. They also allow the design of the front grid, the analysis of the impact of the electrical parameters of the solar cell on the performance of the final device, etc. In this work, these models are used to study the effect of non-uniform profiles, generated by the concentrator optics, on the performance of a concentrator solar cell. The design of the front grid is then optimized to minimize the losses introduced by the light distribution, even taking into account the effect of the tracking system misalignment. As an introductory application example of multijunction solar cells analysis with this kind of modeling, the effect of the chromatic aberration on a double junction solar cell is presented.
date_type: published
date: 2008
place_of_pub: Piscataway, New Jersey (USA)
pagerange: 92-97
event_title: 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference. PVSC '08
event_location: San Diego (Estados Unidos)
event_dates: 11/05/2008-16/05/2008
event_type: conference
institution: Telecomunicacion
department: Electronica2
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-1-4244-1641
book_title: Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
official_url: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4815197
citation:   García Vara, Iván and Algora del Valle, Carlos and Rey-Stolle Prado, Ignacio and Galiana Blanco, Beatriz  (2008).  Study of non-uniform light profiles on high concentration III-V solar cells using quasi-3D distributed models.  In: "33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference. PVSC '08", 11/05/2008-16/05/2008, San Diego (Estados Unidos). ISBN 978-1-4244-1641. pp. 92-97.    
document_url: http://oa.upm.es/3895/1/INVE_MEM_2008_57709.pdf