Materials and ARchitectures of Solar cells for CPV (MARS CPV)

集中式光伏(CPV)包括使用简单的光学系统，如透镜，将太阳光集中到一个小的表面光伏电池上。这导致了迄今为止太阳能发电所能达到的最高能效。就目前而言，目前的系统仍然略显昂贵，无法与效率较低但成本较低的硅平板竞争。 在这项题为《CPV(火星CPV)用太阳能电池的材料和结构》的研究项目中，我们打算开发下一代材料和太阳能电池，使其能够提高CPV系统的性价比，从而提高CPV的竞争力。 我们将开发新的材料和太阳能电池，以降低系统损耗，并特别设计以适应Stace开发的CPV系统。这些电池随后将被打包并组装在Stace模块中，用于现场测试和与竞争对手的技术进行比较。

Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) consists in using simple optical systems such as lenses to concentrate the sun light on a small surface photovoltaic cell. This results in the highest energy efficiency achievable so far for solar electricity generation. Current systems remain slightly too expensive for the moment to compete the lower efficiency but lower cost silicon flat panels. In this research project entitled "Materials and ARchitectures of Solar cells for CPV (MARS CPV)", we intend to develop the next generation of materials and solar cells that will enable to improve the CPV system performance/cost ratio and therefore improve the competitiveness of CPV. We will develop new classes of materials and solar cells that will reduce the system loss, and that are especially designed to fit the CPV systems developed by STACE. These cells will then be packaged and assembled in STACE modules for on-site testing and comparison with competing technologies.