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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
William Matthew Pfenninger, Fremont, CA (US);
John Midgley, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nemanja Vockic, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kenney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William Matthew Pfenninger, Fremont, CA (US);
John Midgley, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nemanja Vockic, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kenney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
OMNIPV, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are solar modules including spectral concentrators. In one embodiment, a solar module includes an active layer including a set of photovoltaic cells. The solar module also includes a spectral concentrator optically coupled to the active layer and including a luminescent material that exhibits photoluminescence in response to incident solar radiation. The photoluminescence has: (a) a quantum efficiency of at least 30 percent; (b) a spectral width no greater than 100 nm at Full Width at Half Maximum; and (c) a peak emission wavelength in the near infrared range.