Preparation and properties of an experimental static concentrator with a new three-dimensional lens

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-145

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Goma, S ^a   Hayakawa, S ^a   Saitoh, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

OPTICAL CONCENTRATION RATIO; SOLAR SIMULATOR;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0031096830     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199703/04)5:2<139::AID-PIP161>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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