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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2025
Dwp Energy Solutions, Llc, Vancouver, WA (US);
Wei Pan, Vancouver, WA (US);
DWP Energy Solutions, LLC, Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
Hybrid photovoltaic (PV) and thermal energy collection systems and methods are provided. One system includes bi-facial PV cells arranged in a first plane, with each PV cell having a first face to directly accept incident light and a second face to accept reflected light. Dichroic splitters underlie transparent spaces in the first plane and reflect R band wavelengths of light to the second face of corresponding PV cells, while transmitting T band wavelengths of light. Optical units underlie the dichroic splitters, accepting T band (e.g., visible) light from corresponding dichroic splitters, and transmitting focused T band light to a thermal collection tube. In another variation, PV cells are arranged in a first plane with optical units. The optical units focus T band wavelengths of light, which are concentrated by a light funnel and provided to a thermal collection tube.