An Optics-Based Approach to Thermal Management of Photovoltaics: Selective-Spectral and Radiative Cooling

Xingshu Sun, Timothy J Silverman, Zhiguang Zhou +3

For commercial one-sun solar modules, up to 80% of the incoming sunlight may be dissipated as heat, potentially raising the temperature 20 C - 30 C higher than the ambient. In the…