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Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology

Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 243503 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2947591

Published 17 June 2008

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D. Kraemer,1 L. Hu,1 A. Muto,1 X. Chen,1 G. Chen,1 and M. Chiesa1,2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
2Program of Mechanical Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 15 April 2008; accepted 29 May 2008; published 17 June 2008
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Keywords
PACS
  • 84.60.Jt
    Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays
  • 84.60.Rb
    Thermoelectric, electrogasdynamic and other direct energy conversion
  • 82.65.+r
    Surface and interface chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis at surfaces
  • 82.45.Wx
    Polymers and organic materials in electrochemistry
  • YEAR: 2008

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