2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of the high efficiency thin-concentrator photovoltaic systems
| Project/Area Number |
23760843
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Energy engineering
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Kentaroh 東京大学, 先端科学技術研究センター, 特任助教 (30523815)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012 – 2013
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| Keywords | 自然エネルギーの利用 |
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| Research Abstract |
Aiming for reducing the production cost and increasing conversion efficiency from sunlight to electric power, novel concept of primary and secondary optical element was designed for thin- and light-weight concentrator photovoltaic system module. The monolithic series connected photovoltaic cell had also been developed for reduced current and increased operation voltage. Such a series connected cell is the suitable energy conversion device for highly sunlight concentrated systems. Furthermore, we developed the trial mini-module of concentrator photovoltaic system and evaluated under field testing equipment.
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