Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology

D. Kraemer; L. Hu; A. Muto; X. Chen; G. Chen; M. Chiesa

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Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology

D. Kraemer, L. Hu, A. Muto, X. Chen, G. Chen, M. Chiesa

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	British English
Article number	243503
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2947591
State	Published - 2008

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