Light-guide solar panel and method of fabrication thereof

Optical waveguides – Noncyclindrical or nonplanar shaped waveguide

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C136S246000, C126S685000, C362S084000

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07991261

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 the depth requirements inherent in traditional concentrated photovoltaic solar energy systems.

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