patent · US7873257
Light-guide solar panel and method of fabrication thereof
18 January 2011
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Abstract
The present invention is that of a solar energy system that uses a light-guide solar panel (LGSP) to trap light inside a dielectric or other transparent panel and propagates the light to one of the panel edges for harvesting by a solar energy collector such as a photovoltaic cell. This allows for very thin modules whose thickness is comparable to the height of the solar energy collector. This eliminates eliminating the depth requirements inherent in traditional concentrated p...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 2008-05-01
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2011-01-18
- Inventors
- John Paul Morgan; Morgan Solar Inc