G. Forcade, C. Valdivia, Philipe St-Pierre, M. Darnon, K. Hinzer
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We optimize a nanostructured surface derived from glass microbeads to maximize the acceptance angle of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems. Rigorous coupled wave analysis computes the transmission/scattering of the subwavelength structure, which we then couple to a ray tracing analysis to simulate the entire CPV system. We find that beads with a radius of 400-500nm demonstrate the lowest solarweighted reflectance over a wide range of incidence angles.