We report on research carried out at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute in the field of operational conditions of the high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) module components. The subject of investigations are thermal regimes of the primary Fresnel lenses and multijunction solar cells. Two main issues governing the design of a solar concentrator module with III-V triple-junction solar cells (SCs) are considered: the effective concentration of radiation using Fresnel lenses, and effective heat removal from SCs. By theoretical and experimental simulating these processes, the design parameters of modules' elements have been found. A test batch of sub-modules (HCPV modules based on individual Fresnel lenses) has been fabricated and tested. The influence of different operation temperatures on the optical efficiency of Fresnel lenses and conversion efficiency of solar cells have been estimated.
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