Bent fluorescent solar concentrators (BFSCs): Spectroscopy, stability and outdoor performance

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-649

  El Shaarawy, M G ^a   El Bashir, S M ^a   Hammam, M ^b   El Mansy, M K ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluorescent dyes; Photostability; Poly (methyl methacrylate); Solar concentrators

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BENT FLUORESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS (BFSCS); BFSC PLATE; FLUORESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR (FSC); WEATHERING DURABILITY;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 34250827237     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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