Ultralight photovoltaic power generation tiles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12021162
APP PUB NO 20180315877A1
SERIAL NO

15963926

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Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention provide a photovoltaic concentrator tile for a space-based solar power (SBSP) system including constituent components thereof. In a number of embodiments, the photovoltaic concentrator tile include a one photovoltaic cell, a reflector, a power transmitter and circuitry configured to perform a variety of control functions. Embodiments also provide compactible structures, materials for improving thermal emissivity, and methods and mechanisms for manufacturing and using these components.

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  • CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Atwater, Harry A South Pasadena, US 110 1453
Gdoutos, Eleftherios Pasadena, US 4 15
Hajimiri, Seyed Ali La Cañada, US 186 2465
Huang, Jing Shun Pasadena, US 1 13
Kelzenberg, Michael D Glendale, US 8 47
Leclerc, Christophe Montreal, CA 8 105
Loke, Samuel Pasadena, US 1 13
Messer, Alexander Pasadena, US 1 13
Naqavi, Ali Pasadena, US 6 135
Pellegrino, Sergio Pasadena, US 26 247
Roy, Tatiana Pasadena, US 1 13
Vinogradova, Tatiana Pasadena, US 1 13
Warmann, Emily C Riverside, US 10 103

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