Solar energy collection by antennas

Solar Energy

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 395-401

  Corkish, R ^a   Green, M A ^a   Puzzer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRICAL NOISE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038375056     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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