Sweet, T.K.N., Rolley, M.H., Li, W., Paul, M.C. , Gao, M. and Knox, A.R. (2017) Experimental characterization and multi-physics simulation of a triple-junction cell in a novel hybrid III:V concentrator photovoltaic–thermoelectric receiver design with secondary optical element. Energy Procedia, 142, pp. 809-814. (doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.130)
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Abstract
A lattice-matched monolithic triple-junction Concentrator Photovoltaic cell (InGa(0.495)P/GaIn(0.012)As/Ge) was electrically and thermally interfaced to a Thermoelectric Peltier module. A single optical design secondary lens was bonded to the CPV-TE receiver. The hybrid SILO-CPV-TE solar energy harvesting device was electrically, thermally and theoretically investigated. The electrical performance data for the cell under variable irradiance and cell temperature conditions were measured using the integrated thermoelectric module as both a temperature sensor and as a solid-state heat pump. The cell was electrically characterised under standard test conditions (1000 W/m2 irradiance, 25°C temperature and AM1.5G spectrum) for comparison with literature data. Transient multiphysics simulations in ANSYS CFX 15.0 were carried out to calculate cell temperatures and to determine the short circuit current and temperature coefficient in a scaling law. The optimization was used to determine 15 model parameters for the component sub-cells within the triple-junction cell at STC with a MATLAB scaling law. The root-mean-square error in electrical currents between measurement and simulations was 0.66%.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Knox, Professor Andrew and Li, Dr Wenguang and Paul, Professor Manosh |
| Authors: | Sweet, T.K.N., Rolley, M.H., Li, W., Paul, M.C., Gao, M., and Knox, A.R. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
| Journal Name: | Energy Procedia |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1876-6102 |
| Published Online: | 31 January 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Energy Procedia 142: 809-814 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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