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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Omnipv, Inc., Blemont, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Matthew Pfenninger, Fremont, CA (US);
John Midgley, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nemanja Vockic, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kenney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jian Jim Wang, Orefield, PA (US);
Assignee:
Omnipv, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H01L 31/055 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/055 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are solar modules including spectral concentrators. In one embodiment, a solar module includes a set of photovoltaic cells and a spectral concentrator optically coupled to the set of photovoltaic cells. The spectral concentrator is configured to: (1) collect incident solar radiation; (2) convert the incident solar radiation into substantially monochromatic, emitted radiation; and (3) convey the substantially monochromatic, emitted radiation to the set of photovoltaic cells.