Multijunction Photovoltaic Technologies for High-Performance Concentrators

Robert McConnell; Martha Symko-Davies

doi:10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279560

Multijunction Photovoltaic Technologies for High-Performance Concentrators

Robert McConnell, Martha Symko-Davies

Energy Systems Integration

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

Multijunction solar cells provide high-performance technology pathways leading to potentially low-cost electricity generated from concentrated sunlight. The National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has funded different III-V multijunction solar cell technologies and various solar concentration approaches. Within this group of projects, III-V solar cell efficiencies of 41% are close at hand and will likely be reported in these conference proceedings. Companies with well-developed solar concentrator structures foresee installed system costs of $3/watt-half of today's costs-within the next 2 to 5 years as these high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies are incorporated into their concentrator photovoltaic systems. These technology improvements are timely as new large-scale multi-megawatt markets, appropriate for high performance PV concentrators, open around the world.

Original language	American English
Pages	733-736
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279560
State	Published - 2006
Event	2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4 - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: 7 May 2006 → 12 May 2006

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Conference	2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa, HI
Period	7/05/06 → 12/05/06

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For preprint version see NREL/CP-520-39791

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