Ultra-high efficiency photovoltaics via diffractive optics

Rajesh Menon

doi:10.1364/PV.2015.PTu4B.1

Light, Energy and the Environment 2015
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2015),
paper PTu4B.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2015.PTu4B.1

Ultra-high efficiency photovoltaics via diffractive optics

Rajesh Menon

Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2015

Suzhou China
2–5 November 2015
ISBN: 978-1-55752-002-9

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Abstract

In this presentation, I will show that planar diffractive optics can drastically increase the efficiency of photovoltaics via spectrum-splitting and concentration of sunlight. Such optics can be inexpensively manufactured to cover large areas.

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