Research Article

Enhanced Efficiencies for High-Concentration, Multijunction PV Systems by Optimizing Grid Spacing under Nonuniform Illumination

Table 2

Maximum efficiency () comparison with uniform and nonuniform spacing under PAR = 5.3 and PAR = 2.6 at various concentrations ().

PAR = 5.3PAR = 2.6
Uniform spacing
%
Nonuniform spacing
%
Uniform spacing
%
Nonuniform spacing
%

500 36.9 37.0 37.4 37.4
1000 36.8 36.9 37.5 37.5
2000 36.4 36.6 37.3 37.4
2500 36.1 36.4 37.1 37.2