Toward a High-Efficient Utilization of Solar Radiation by Quad-Band Solar Spectral Splitting

Feng Cao; Yi Huang; Lu Tang; Tianyi Sun; Svetlana V Boriskina; Gang Chen; Zhifeng Ren

doi:10.1002/adma.201603113

Toward a High-Efficient Utilization of Solar Radiation by Quad-Band Solar Spectral Splitting

Adv Mater. 2016 Dec;28(48):10659-10663. doi: 10.1002/adma.201603113. Epub 2016 Oct 12.

Authors

Feng Cao¹, Yi Huang², Lu Tang¹, Tianyi Sun¹, Svetlana V Boriskina², Gang Chen², Zhifeng Ren¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.

PMID: 27731531
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603113

Abstract

The promising quad-band solar spectral splitter incorporates the properties of the optical filter and the spectrally selective solar thermal absorber can direct PV band to PV modules and absorb thermal band energy for thermal process with low thermal losses. It provides a new strategy for spectral splitting and offers potential ways for hybrid PVT system design.

Keywords: hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collectors; quad-band splitters; solar absorptance; thermal emittance.