A summary of the main issues covered in the previous chapters will serve a comparative analysis of the current and perspective possibilities that the hybridization of thermoelectric and photovoltaic generators provides. Materials demand, technological open questions, and market-related issues will be discussed. Also concerning the competition with alternate hybridization strategies, an analysis of HTEPV cost-effectiveness will be outlined. It will be shown that HTEPV may have a key role in the development of renewable energy sources, provided that a careful selection of photovoltaic materials is made. The importance of rethinking the layout of thermoelectric generators will be stressed, along with the merits of hybridization in concentrated solar generators. As an overall conclusion, pairing thermoelectric generators to photovoltaic cells will be proved to be profitable for third-generation PV materials, where hybridization might support the differentiation of the solar module market, currently pinned to silicon-based technology.
Narducci, D., Bermel, P., Lorenzi, B., Wang, N., Yazawa, K. (2018). Hybrid Solar Harvesters: Technological Challenges, Economic Issues, and Perspectives. In Hybrid and Fully Thermoelectric Solar Harvesting (pp. 137-151). Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-319-76427-6_8].
Hybrid Solar Harvesters: Technological Challenges, Economic Issues, and Perspectives
Narducci D.
;Lorenzi B.;
2018
Abstract
A summary of the main issues covered in the previous chapters will serve a comparative analysis of the current and perspective possibilities that the hybridization of thermoelectric and photovoltaic generators provides. Materials demand, technological open questions, and market-related issues will be discussed. Also concerning the competition with alternate hybridization strategies, an analysis of HTEPV cost-effectiveness will be outlined. It will be shown that HTEPV may have a key role in the development of renewable energy sources, provided that a careful selection of photovoltaic materials is made. The importance of rethinking the layout of thermoelectric generators will be stressed, along with the merits of hybridization in concentrated solar generators. As an overall conclusion, pairing thermoelectric generators to photovoltaic cells will be proved to be profitable for third-generation PV materials, where hybridization might support the differentiation of the solar module market, currently pinned to silicon-based technology.
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