Silicone optical elements for cost-effective freeform solar concentration
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Cui, SifangLyons, Nicholas P
Diaz, Liliana Ruiz
Ketchum, Remington
Kim, Kyung-Jo
Yuan, Hao-Chih
Frasier, Mike
Pan, Wei
Norwood, Robert A
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Univ Arizona, Coll Opt SciIssue Date
2019-04-15
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Cui, S., Lyons, N. P., Diaz, L. R., Ketchum, R., Kim, K. J., Yuan, H. C., ... & Norwood, R. A. (2019). Silicone optical elements for cost-effective freeform solar concentration. Optics express, 27(8), A572-A580.Journal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
The use of silicone optical elements is demonstrated for a concentrated photovoltaic system. These components show over 96% transmission through most of the solar spectrum and excellent temperature stability. Unique moldability enables the use of complex freeform designs. A light, compact, and cost-effective concentrated photovoltaic system based on silicone optics is proposed. In this system, air-plasma treatment is utilized to overcome the mechanical properties of silicone and difficulties with coating to reduce Fresnel loss. Lens arrays and waveguides are fabricated by injection molding following freeform optical design by LightTools. First-order characterizations are also performed. (c) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing AgreementNote
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1094-4087PubMed ID
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Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) MOSAIC program [DE-AR0000839]ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1364/OE.27.00A572
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