Comparison of efficiency measurements for a HCPV module with 3J cells in 3 sites

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 846-849

  Araki, K ^a   Emery, K ^b   Siefer, G ^c   Bett, A W ^c   Sakakibara, T ^d   Kemmoku, Y ^e   Ekins Daukes, N J ^f   Lee, H S ^f   Yamaguchi, M ^f  

^a DAIDO STEEL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOYOHASHI SOZO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FRESNEL LENS; GEOMETRICAL CONCENTRATION RATIO; HCPV;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 27944485362     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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