The present work outlines a general optimization methodology for hybrid systems consisting of photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) modules. Exemplarily, hybrid systems with hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon, hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and bulk heterojunction polymer thin-film solar cell for different solar TE generator efficiencies are evaluated. The proposed methodology optimizes the partitioning of the solar spectrum in order to yield the maximum conversion efficiency of a PV-TE hybrid system with a solar cell operating at ambient temperature. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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Kraemer, D., Hu, L., Muto, A., Chen, X., Chen, G., & Chiesa, M. (2008). Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology. Applied Physics Letters, 92(24). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2947591
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