Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology
By D. Kraemer, Lin-wen Hu, A. Muto, X. Chen, Gang Chen, Matteo Chiesa. Applied Physics Letters, 2008
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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.
Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics
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- Modeling and optimization of solar thermoelectric generators for terrestrial applications (2012, background): “Consequently, within that range the CthL can be chosen for highest overall system efficiency if the STEG is integrated for example in a cogeneration or hybrid system(Kraemer et al., 2008) without significantly affecting the STEG performance.”
- Conceptual development of a novel photovoltaic-thermoelectric system and preliminary economic analysis (2016, background): “proposed a general optimization methodology of solar spectrum splitting for PV-TE system [11].”
- A review of solar photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid system for electricity generation (2018, background): “With regards to the issue of reducing the PV operating temperature, attention has been drawn to a solar spectrum splitting system in which the PV cells and the thermal processes run in parallel [28].”