Development of a new 550X concentrator module with 3J cells - Peformance and reliability

Kenji Araki; Hisafumi Uozumi; Michio Kondo; Tatsuya Takamoto; Takaaki Agui; Minoru Kaneiwa; Toshio Egami; Masao Hiramatsu; Yoshinori Miyazaki; Yoshishige Kemmoku; Atsushi Akisawa; H. S. Lee; N. J. Ekins-Daukes; Masafumi Yamaguchi

Development of a new 550X concentrator module with 3J cells - Peformance and reliability

Kenji Araki, Hisafumi Uozumi, Michio Kondo, Tatsuya Takamoto, Takaaki Agui, Minoru Kaneiwa, Toshio Egami, Masao Hiramatsu, Yoshinori Miyazaki, Yoshishige Kemmoku, Atsushi Akisawa, H. S. Lee, N. J. Ekins-Daukes, Masafumi Yamaguchi

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The status of the development of a new concentrator module in Japan is discussed based on three arguments, performance, reliability and cost. The peak uncorrected efficiency for a 7,056 cm² 400 X module with 36 solar cells connected in series was 26.6 % was measured in house. The peak uncorrected efficiencies of the same type of the module with 6 solar cells connected in series and 1,176 cm² area measured by Fraunhofer ISE and NREL were 27.4 % and 24.8 % respectively. The peak uncorrected efficiency for a 550X and 5,445 cm² module with 20 solar cells connected in series was 28.9 %. The temperature corrected efficiency under the best sunshine condition in Japan for the 550X module was 31.5 ±2 %. For reliability, some new degradation modes inherent to high concentration III-V solar cell system are discussed and a 20 year lifetime under concentrated flux exposure proven. The fail-safe issues of the concentrated sunlight are also discussed. For cost, the overall scenario for the reduction of material cost is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	631-634
Number of pages	4
Journal	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States Duration: 2005 Jan 3 → 2005 Jan 7

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