Silicon Concentrator Solar Cells

R&D Services

Our R&D services comprise:

Short production runs

Customized solar cells for low (2-30x) and medium (30-100x) concentration

Simulation of solar cell structures for concentrator applications

Profitability assessments for manufacturing processes

Process transfer to solar cell production

Receiver technology

Adapted silicon solar cells are particularly well-suited to utilizing concentrated light in low (2-30x) and medium (30-100x) concentration ranges. Fraunhofer ISE offers the following services in this research field:

  • Short production runs
  • Customized solar cells for low (2-30x) and medium (30-100x) concentration
  • Simulation of solar cell structures for concentrator applications
  • Profitability assessments for manufacturing processes
  • Process transfer to solar cell production
  • Receiver technology

Selected Research Projects

 

Receiver and Systems for Low-Concentrating PV (LCPV)

 

ConPro – Concentrator Project

All-Purpose MWT Concept for Solar Cells of Variable Dimensionsolarzellen

 

Current Publications - Silicon Concentrator Solar Cells:

Jahr
Year
Titel/Autor:in
Title/Author
Publikationstyp
Publication Type
2018 III-V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration
Cariou, Romain; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Höhn, Oliver; Hauser, Hubert; Beutel, Paul; Razek, Nasser; Wimplinger, Markus; Bläsi, Benedikt; Lackner, David; Hermle, Martin; Siefer, Gerald; Glunz, Stefan W.; Bett, Andreas W.; Dimroth, Frank
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Trends in Solar Electricity
Bett, A.W.
Vortrag
Presentation
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