Photovoltaic device with fiber array for sun tracking

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PATENT NO 9748423
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14157138

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Disclosed is a photovoltaic device that includes a solar cell on a light transmissive substrate in the form of an array of equal diameter optical fibers laid adjacent to each other in the transversal direction of the fibers. With such an arrangement, light harvesting at high angles is improved by 30%.

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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYAC/ JORDI GIRONA 31 EDIFICI TIL?LERS PLANTA 1ª BARCELONA 08034
FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUESPARQUE MEDITERRANEO DE LA TECNOLOGIA AV CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 3 08860 CASTELLDEFELS BARCELONA

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Mariano, Juste Marina Barcelona, ES 3 7
Martorell, Pena Jordi Barcelona, ES 4 15
Rodriguez, Martinez Francisco J Barcelona, ES 1 3
Romero, Gómez Pablo Barcelona, ES 5 57

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