Concentrator Solar Cell
A concentrating solar cell is a combination of [Concentrator Photovoltaic]+[Fresnel Lenes]+[Sun Tracker]. Its solar energy conversion efficiency can reach 31% ~ 40.7%, although the conversion efficiency is high, but due to the long sunward time, it has been used in the space industry in the past, and now it can be used in the power generation industry with sunlight tracker, which is not suitable for general families. The main material of concentrating solar cells is gallium arsenide (GaAs), that is, the three five group (III-V) materials. General silicon crystal materials can only absorb the energy of 400 ~ 1,100nm wavelength in the solar spectrum, and the concentrator is different from silicon wafer solar technology, through the multi-junction compound semiconductor can absorb a wider range of solar spectrum energy, and the current development of three-junction InGaP/GaAs/Ge concentrator solar cells can greatly improve the conversion efficiency. The three-junction concentrating solar cell can absorb energy of 300 ~ 1900nm wavelength relative to its conversion efficiency can be greatly improved, and the heat resistance of concentrating solar cells is higher than that of general wafer-type solar cells.
