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    Large-Scale Spherical Silicon Solar Cell for Advanced Light Management

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    Conference Paper
    Authors
    Elatab, Nazek
    Qaiser, Nadeem cc
    Bahabry, Rabab
    Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa cc
    KAUST Department
    Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
    Electrical Engineering Program
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2020-06-14
    Online Publication Date
    2021-01-05
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/667133
    
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    Abstract
    In order to realize a high power conversion efficiency, a solar cell should effectively utilize most of the incoming photons. Here, we demonstrate a spherical shaped solar cell that is capable of capturing direct, diffuse and background reflected light without the need for a mechanical sun-tracking tool. The spherical cell is based on monocrystalline silicon with an efficiency of 19% ad is developed using a corrugation technique to achieve flexibility in otherwise rigid silicon. The obtained spherical cell is large scale with a diameter of around 4 cm. Theoretical calculations in addition to experimental results confirm the merits of the spherical solar cell which shows an increase in instantaneous power output by 14.8% and 39.7% with respect to a traditional flat cell with the same ground area when sand and white paper are used as reflective background materials, respectively. Finally, the spherical shaped cell shows advantages in terms of lower dust accumulation rate due to its downward orientation.
    Citation
    El-Atab, N., Qaiser, N., Bahabry, R., & Hussain, M. M. (2020). Large-Scale Spherical Silicon Solar Cell for Advanced Light Management. 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). doi:10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300766
    Sponsors
    KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and KAUST-KFUPM Special Initiative
    Publisher
    IEEE
    Conference/Event name
    47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020
    ISBN
    9781728161150
    DOI
    10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300766
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    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300766/
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    10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300766
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    Conference Papers; Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Electrical Engineering Program; Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division

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