Myers, Bryan and Bernardi, Marco and Grossman, Jeffrey C. (2010) Three-dimensional photovoltaics. Applied Physics Letters, 96 (7). Art. No. 071902. ISSN 0003-6951. doi:10.1063/1.3308490. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150923-123337338
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Abstract
The concept of three-dimensional (3D) photovoltaics is explored computationally using a genetic algorithm to optimize the energy production in a day for arbitrarily shaped 3D solar cells confined to a given area footprint and total volume. Our simulations demonstrate that the performance of 3D photovoltaic structures scales linearly with height, leading to volumetric energy conversion, and provides power fairly evenly throughout the day. Furthermore, we show that optimal 3D structures are not simple box-like shapes, and that design attributes such as reflectivity could be optimized using three-dimensionality.
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| Additional Information: | © 2010 American Institute of Physics. Received 15 November 2009; accepted 11 January 2010; published online 16 February 2010. This work was supported in part by NSF through the Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Grant No. EEC-0634750. We are grateful to Professor Vladimir Bulovic for helpful discussions. | |||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1063/1.3308490 | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Three-dimensional photovoltaics Myers, Bryan and Bernardi, Marco and Grossman, Jeffrey C., Applied Physics Letters, 96, 071902 (2010), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3308490 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
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