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A transparent polymer film with embedded micro mirrors is developed, and it can be attached to a window glass pane for daylighting, improving visual comfort and reducing cooling load in buildings by redirecting sunlight. Despite existing cutting-edge techn ...

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Christophe Moser, Manon Rostykus

The present disclosure concerns a holographic system or device comprising at least one optical guiding element (100) configured to redirect light incident from a light source (101) to a target interference plane (103), wherein the optical guiding element i ...

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Lighting simulation for External Venetian blinds based on BTDF and HDR sky luminance monitoring

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The precise daylighting simulation in buildings can potentially contribute to designers’ and occupants’ smart utilization of it. The traditional method of employing sky models was indicated with noticeable errors in transient lighting simulation for comple ...

2018

High-flux optical systems for solar thermochemistry

Sophia Haussener, Gaël Jean Clément Levêque

High-flux optical systems (HFOSs) are optical concentrators used to increase the radiative flux of the natural terrestrial solar irradiation. High radiative flux concentration leads to high energy density in solar receivers which allow to obtain high tempe ...

2017

Improved Optics in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with a Nanocrystalline Silicon Recombination Junction

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Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are increasingly recognized as promi-sing candidates for next-generation photovoltaics with performance beyond the single-junction limit at potentially low production costs. Current designs for monolithic tandems rely ...

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Design of a light confining concentrator for a solar photochemical reactor and upper bound to the method

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Optical concentration obtained by light confinement bears unique features that can increase the efficiency of a photochemical reactor. A suitable implementation of this method for a solar reactor is a series of parallel tubular receivers sealed in a slab-s ...

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