High-concentration photovoltaic designs based on miniature parabolic dishes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4446, Issue , 2001, Pages 43-51

  Feuermann, Daniel ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

High concentration; Mini dish; Miniaturization; Modular; Optical fiber; Parabolic dish; Photovoltaic; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT SINKS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MINIATURE PARABOLIC DISHES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0035760132     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.448829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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