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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Nant Holdings Ip, Llc, Culver City, CA (US);
Nantg Power, Llc, Culver City, CA (US);
Fabio Albano, Culver City, CA (US);
John Chmiola, Culver City, CA (US);
Patrick Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Witchey, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Nant Holdings IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US);
NantG Power, LLC, Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are optical devices, such as photovoltaic modules that include features such as solar tracking, solar concentration, tandem cell arrangements, and thermal management to achieve high photovoltaic efficiency. The photovoltaic modules can be constructed using a variety of different materials and configurations or as a monoblock functionally graded structure to limit manufacturing, operational, and maintenance complexities while achieving high performance. The use of thermal management structures directly integrated into a photovoltaic cell can maintain such cells at desirable temperatures, which can be beneficial in optical concentrating configurations.