Power losses in an asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1137-1146

  Mallick, Tapas K ^a   Eames, Philip C ^a   Norton, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Optical efficiency; Photovoltaic concentrator; Resistive power loss

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATOR; REFLECTOR GEOMETRY; RESISTIVE POWER LOSS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 34248370998     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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