Why and how does car-roof PV create 50 GW/year of new installations? Also, why is a static CPV suitable to this application?

With this car-roof PV, 70 % of passenger’s may be able to run by solar energy. The potential of the market size is 50 GW/year. However, it is not an easy task to meet the requirement of the main component of EV and the creation of the massive market. It is also apparent that the market will be small as far as we only try to apply the conventional crystalline Si cells. The CPV technology with high power conversion efficiency and capable of coloring and covering on the three-dimensional curved surface is suitable for this market. The static CPV is useful for this application with a better collection of diffused sunlight. One of the problems is the spectrum mismatching. However, this issue is easily solved by adjustment of the bandgap of the bottom cell.With this car-roof PV, 70 % of passenger’s may be able to run by solar energy. The potential of the market size is 50 GW/year. However, it is not an easy task to meet the requirement of the main component of EV and the creation of the massive market. It is also apparent that the market will be small as far as we only try to apply the conventional crystalline Si cells. The CPV technology with high power conversion efficiency and capable of coloring and covering on the three-dimensional curved surface is suitable for this market. The static CPV is useful for this application with a better collection of diffused sunlight. One of the problems is the spectrum mismatching. However, this issue is easily solved by adjustment of the bandgap of the bottom cell.

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