Patents
US 11909352 B2: Transmissive concentrated photovoltaic module with cooling system
- Granted
- 2024-02-20
- Filed
- 2017-03-28 application 16089294
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
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Abstract
A spectrum splitting, transmissive concentrating photovoltaic (tCPV) module is proposed and designed for a hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal (PV/T) system. The system may be able to fully utilize the full spectrum of incoming sunlight. By utilizing III-V triple junction solar cells with bandgaps of approximately 2.1 eV, 1.7 eV, and 1.4 eV in the module, ultraviolet (UV) and visible light (in-band light) are absorbed and converted to electricity, while infrared (IR) light (out-of-band light) passes through and is captured by a solar thermal receiver and stored as heat. The stored heat energy may be dispatched as electricity or process heat as needed. The tCPV module may have an overall power conversion efficiency exceeding 43.5% for above bandgap (in-band) light under a standard AM1.5D solar spectrum with an average concentration ratio of 400 suns. Passive and/or active cooling methods may be used to keep cells below 110° C. while transmitting >75% of out-of-band light to the thermal receiver, which may attain thermal energy capture at temperatures as high as 500° C. or more. A transparent active cooling system may improve the CPV module efficiency by about 1% (absolute) relative to a passive cooling system by reducing the maximum cell working temperature by about 16° C.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240220.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund 124 patents | US company or organization | New Orleans, LA | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state Tulane University of Louisiana College or university EXACT high confidence: through the nonprofit with the college's EIN (identical full name and state) THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew David Escarra | New Orleans, LA | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Qi Xu | San Jose, CA | 63 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yaping Ji | New Orleans, LA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian C. Riggs | New Orleans, LA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Adam Jay OLLANIK | Boulder, CO | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kazi M. Islam | New Orleans, LA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Daniel S. Codd | San Diego, CA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Vince Romanin | Riverview Addition, LA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nicholas David Farrar-Foley | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H02S | Generation of electric power by conversion of infrared radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [pv] modules | H02S40/425 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H10F | Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation | H10F10/142 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E10/52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ESCARRA, MATTHEW DAVID signed 2024-04-09 ISLAM, KAZI M. signed 2024-04-09 CODD, DANIEL signed 2024-04-10 RIGGS, BRIAN C. signed 2024-04-27 OLLANIK, ADAM signed 2024-06-04 ROMANIN, VINCE signed 2024-06-04 XU, QI signed 2025-04-23 FARRAR-FOLEY, NICHOLAS DAVID signed 2025-04-30 | THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND NEW ORLEANS, LA | 71206/958 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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