title: Toward a High-Efficient Utilization of Solar Radiation by Quad-Band Solar Spectral Splitting.
abstract: The promising quad-band solar spectral splitter incorporates the properties of the optical filter and the spectrally selective solar thermal absorber can direct PV band to PV modules and absorb thermal band energy for thermal process with low thermal losses. It provides a new strategy for spectral splitting and offers potential ways for hybrid PVT system design.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
authors.forename: Tianyi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Boriskina
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren
keywords: hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collectors; quad-band splitters; solar absorptance; thermal emittance