- Pasadena CA, US Harry A. Atwater - South Pasadena CA, US Sergio Pellegrino - Pasadena CA, US Seyed Ali Hajimiri - La Canada CA, US Emily C. Warmann - Riverside CA, US Ali Naqavi - Pasadena CA, US Samuel Loke - Pasadena CA, US Tatiana Roy - Pasadena CA, US Tatiana Vinogradova - Pasadena CA, US Alexander Messer - Pasadena CA, US Christophe Leclerc - Pasadena CA, US Eleftherios Gdoutos - Pasadena CA, US Jing Shun Huang - Pasadena CA, US
Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention provide a photovoltaic concentrator tile for a space-based solar power (SBSP) system including constituent components thereof. In a number of embodiments, the photovoltaic concentrator tile include a one photovoltaic cell, a reflector, a power transmitter and circuitry configured to perform a variety of control functions. Embodiments also provide compactible structures, materials for improving thermal emissivity, and methods and mechanisms for manufacturing and using these components.