SUNLIGHT CONCENTRATING DEVICE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE CONTAINING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220077340A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17136747

    申请日:2020-12-29

    Inventor: Kyoungwon PARK

    Abstract: A sunlight concentrating device may include a quantum dot layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first glass layer in contact with the first surface of the quantum dot layer, and a second glass layer in contact with the second surface of the quantum dot layer, and further include a low-refractive layer provided in a predetermined region of the first surface and/or the second surface of the quantum dot layer. The low-refractive layer is patterned, and a refractive index of the low-refractive layer is smaller than a refractive index of the quantum dot layer. The low-refractive layer totally reflects photons, being permeated from the quantum dot layer into the glass layer(s), between the glass layer(s) and the quantum dot layer so that the photons can move within a section with no loss of light thereby overcoming the theoretical limit of light concentration.

    LIGHT CONCENTRATOR BASED ON QUANTUM DOT, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230143531A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17980758

    申请日:2022-11-04

    CPC classification number: H01L31/055 C09K11/02 C08F220/1811 H01L31/042

    Abstract: A light concentrator based on a quantum dot may include a resin film layer in which quantum dots are dispersed, an upper layer in contact with an upper surface of the resin film layer, and a lower layer in contact with a lower surface of the resin film layer. Each of the upper layer and the lower layer may be selected from a glass layer or a polymer layer. A photovoltaic module may include the quantum dot-based light concentrator. By optimally adjusting the longest wavelength of the quantum dots, the average transmittance of the glass layer, the material of the polymer layer, and the cross-sectional aspect ratio (length/thickness) of the light concentrator, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of the quantum dot-based light concentrator and increase the efficiency of the photovoltaic module including the light concentrator.

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