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Microstructured antireflective coatings (ARCs) have been identified as a promising solution to reduce optical losses in concentrator photovoltaics’ (CPV) modules. We fabricated and tested in field a CPV module made of four monomodules with a concentration factor of 250× that embed either solar cells with microstructured encapsulating ARC or solar cells with multilayer ARC as a reference. The microstructured encapsulating ARC was made of semiburied silica beads in polydimethylsiloxane. The module was in operation for one year in the severe climatic conditions of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, before extracting the monomodules performance. Despite a suboptimal module design, we report a monomodule efficiency of 29.7% at 900 W/m
2
for a cell with microstructured encapsulating ARC. This proves the potential of microstructured encapsulating ARC to enable high-performance CPV systems.
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The IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics is a peer-reviewed, archival publication reporting original and significant research results that advance the field of photovoltaics (PV). The PV field is diverse in its science base ranging from semiconductor and PV device physics to optics and the materials sciences. The journal publishes articles that connect this science base to PV science and technology. The intent is to publish original research results that are of primary interest to the photovoltaic specialist. The scope of the IEEE J. Photovoltaics incorporates: fundamentals and new concepts of PV conversion, including those based on nanostructured materials, low-dimensional physics, multiple charge generation, up/down converters, thermophotovoltaics, hot-carrier effects, plasmonics, metamorphic materials, luminescent concentrators, and rectennas; Si-based PV, including new cell designs, crystalline and non-crystalline Si, passivation, characterization and Si crystal growth; polycrystalline, amorphous and crystalline thin-film solar cell materials, including PV structures and solar cells based on II-VI, chalcopyrite, Si and other thin film absorbers; III-V PV materials, heterostructures, multijunction devices and concentrator PV; optics for light trapping, reflection control and concentration; organic PV including polymer, hybrid and dye sensitized solar cells; space PV including cell materials and PV devices, defects and reliability, environmental effects and protective materials; PV modeling and characterization methods; and other aspects of PV, including modules, power conditioning, inverters, balance-of-systems components, monitoring, analyses and simulations, and supporting PV module standards and measurements. Tutorial and review papers on these subjects are also published and occasionally special issues are published to treat particular areas in more depth and breadth.
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