A MONOLITHIC LOW CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL BASED ON POLYMER EMBEDDED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND CROSSED COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS

摘要

A concentrating photovoltaic panel including an encapsulating polymer layer, an array of photovoltaic cells, a plurality of first interconnects and an optical layer, each of the photovoltaic cells is embedded within the encapsulating layer, the plurality of first interconnects is coupled with each of the photovoltaic cells and with the encapsulating layer, the plurality of first interconnects electrically interconnecting all the photovoltaic cells of the array there-between, the optical layer is coupled on top of the encapsulating layer and the array of photovoltaic cells, the optical layer concentrating light radiation onto the array of photovoltaic cells, at least one of the first interconnects remains exposed out of the protective layer.