I-V performance and stability study of dyes for luminescent plate concentrators

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Kinderman, R ^a   Slooff, L H ^a   Burgers, A R ^a   Bakker, N J ^a   Buchtemann A ^b   Danz, R ^b   Van Roosmalen, J A M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye; Luminescent plate concentrator; Photovoltaics; PMMA; Stability

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; POLYMER MATRIX; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LUMINESCENT FLAT PLATE CONCENTRATOR (LFPC) PLATES; STABILITY STUDY;

DYES;

EID: 34548260761     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2737469     Document Type: Article

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