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ECN publication
Title:
Molecular-Based Concepts in PV towards Full Spectrum Utilization
 
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Published by: Publication date:
ECN Solar Energy 1-8-2004
 
ECN report number: Document type:
ECN-RX--04-091 Conference Paper
 
Number of pages: Full text:
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Presented at: Symposium on the efficient use of solar radiation in photovoltaic power engineering, St. Petersburg, Russia, 3-4 november 2003.

Abstract:

Molecular-based concepts offer the potential of low materials and processing costs in photovoltaics (PV), which is especially interesting if high efficiencies can be obtained. To accomplish high efficiencies, a better utilization of the solar spectrum is of high importance. The concept of two-photon absorption in dye-sensitized solar cells and full spectrum aspects of luminescent flat plates concentrators are discussed in this paper. The two-photon dye cell can be compared to a tandem solar cell on the molecular level. The luminescent concentrator offers the potential to employ full spectrum utilization in combination with static concentration of both direct and diffuse light.


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