Lightweight, Passive Radiative Cooling to Enhance Concentrating Photovoltaics

Wang, Ze; Kortge, David; Zhu, Jie; Zhou, Zhiguang; Torsina, Hans; Lee, Changkyun; Bermel, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2020.10.004

Title: Lightweight, Passive Radiative Cooling to Enhance Concentrating Photovoltaics

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Joule

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.10.004· OSTI ID:1836169

Wang, Ze; Kortge, David; Zhu, Jie; Zhou, Zhiguang; Torsina, Hans; Lee, Changkyun; Bermel, Peter

Radiative cooling can reject significantly more waste heat than convection and conduction at high temperatures by sending it directly into space. As a passive and compact cooling mechanism, radiative cooling is lightweight and does not consume energy. These qualities are promising for thermal management in outdoor systems generating low grade heat, such as concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) and thermophotovoltaics (TPV). In this work, we first simulate radiative cooling for a wide range of working conditions, including heat loads from 6 to 100 W with different CPV cooling designs. We then demonstrate a CPV system integrated with radiative coolers, achieving a 5°C to 36°C temperature drop and an 8% to 27% relative increase of open-circuit voltage for a GaSb solar cell, under a heat load of above 6 W with different cooling designs. Herein, we show that the temperature drops from radiative cooling may significantly improve CPV system lifetimes.

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0004946; N000014-15-1-2833; N00014-19-S-B001; CBET-1855882; EEC1454315; EEC-1227110

OSTI ID:: 1836169

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1781276; OSTI ID: 1848401

Journal Information:: Joule, Journal Name: Joule Vol. 4 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 2542-4351

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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