@inproceedings{c96763e7b2354a77856ea65b7a1039e3,
title = "PVMirrors: Hybrid PV/CSP collectors that enable lower LCOEs",
abstract = "The primary challenge with concentrating solar power (CSP) is that the conversion efficiency is low - and the cost high - compared to that of photovoltaics (PV), and the primary challenge with PV is that the energy generated cannot be stored cost effectively. We introduce a technology that hybridizes CSP and PV, resulting in power plants with high energy conversion efficiency and affordable storage. This is accomplished by replacing silvered troughs (or heliostat facets) with {"}PVMirrors{"} that and direct photons of each wavelength to the converter (PV or thermal) that may best use them. A PVMirror looks like a curved PV module that includes a spectrum-splitting dichroic mirror film; this film, which is the heart of the technology, transmits near-infrared light to the underlying silicon PV cells while reflecting both longer and shorter wavelengths to a thermal absorber tube. This paper investigates the optical performance of dichroic mirror film, the specularity of PVMirrors, and the anticipated levelized cost of energy (LCOE) from a PVMirror power plant. PVMirrors are found to decrease LCOE by more than 15% relative to CSP while retaining full dispatchability.",
author = "Kate Fisher and Zhengshan Yu and Rob Striling and Zachary Holman",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Author(s).; 22nd International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016 ; Conference date: 11-10-2016 Through 14-10-2016",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1063/1.4984328",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
booktitle = "SolarPACES 2016",
}