Performance and reliability of a 30-kW triple-junction photovoltaic receiver for 500X concentrator dish or central receiver applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6339, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Verlinden, P J ^a   Lewandowski, A ^a   Lasich, J B ^a  

^a Solar Systems Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central receiver; Concentrator; Dense array; Dish; Multijunction; Photovoltaics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CENTRAL RECEIVERS; CONCENTRATORS; DENSE-ARRAY; DISH; MULTIJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33751304183     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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