Optics design key points for high gain photovoltaic solar energy concentrators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5962, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Alvarez, Jose L ^a   Díaz, Vicente ^a   Alonso, Jesús ^a  

^a Isofoton SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspheric Optics; Concentrator System; Optical Design; Solar Energy

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

ASPHERIC OPTICS; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM; OPTICAL SOLUTIONS;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 33144476858     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.624759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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