Abstract
This chapter is devoted to provide the general theory describing the hybridization of solar cells with thermoelectric generators. Moving from a description of the system, its main components will be introduced and analysed. Their characteristics and their impact on the final system efficiency will be scrutinised. Specifically, the heat generation within solar cells will be detailed considering the main losses occurring in a PV cell. This will bring to an evaluation of the temperature sensitivity of solar cells, which is one of the most important parameter to be considered when pairing PV cells and TEGs. In addition, we will introduce the concept of fully hybridized systems, where the thermoelectric and PV devices are both thermally and electrically connected to each other.
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Narducci, D., Bermel, P., Lorenzi, B., Wang, N., Yazawa, K. (2018). Hybrid Photovoltaic–Thermoelectric Generators: Theory of Operation. In: Hybrid and Fully Thermoelectric Solar Harvesting. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 268. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76427-6_5
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