Solar energy production system
AssigneeCHROMx, LLC.
InventorTheodore Denis Fay, JR.
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Abstract
A device for generating solar electrical energy generally includes an optic for focusing solar radiation, a collimating optic, a semi-conductor optical gates wedge disposed near the focal point of the collimation optic for dispersing incident solar radiation between a plurality of adjacent wavelength bands, an array of photovoltaic cells, each cell being formed from a material for absorbing and converting a corresponding wavelength band dispersed by the wedge into the photovoltaic energy, and a refracting optic disposed between the wedge and the array for directing separated wavelength bands onto corresponding photovoltaic cells.
Claims18
A device for generating solar photovoltaic energy, said device comprising:
- an optic for focusing solar radiation;
- a collimating optic;
- a semi-conductor optical gate wedge disposed proximate a focal point of said collimating optic for dispersing incident solar radiation into a plurality of adjacent wavelength bands;
- an array of photovoltaic cells, each cell being formed from a material for absorbing and converting a corresponding wavelength band dispersed by the wedge into electrical energy;
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- a refracting optic disposed between the wedge and said array for directing separated wavelength bands onto corresponding photovoltaic cells.
A method for optimization of a photovoltaic cell array, said method comprising:
- focusing solar radiation onto a semi-conductor optical gate wedge;
- dispersing the solar radiation by way of the gate wedge into a plurality of adjacent wavelength bands;
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- directing the adjacent wavelength bands onto a photovoltaic cell array at generally right angles to the photovoltaic cell array such that the band gap energy of each array element matches the incident photon energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.