Performance and reliability of multijunction III-V modules for concentrator dish and central receiver applications

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 592-597

  Verlinden, Pierre J ^a   Lewandowski, Allan ^a   Bingham, Carl ^b   Kinsey, Geoffrey S ^c   Sherif, Raed A ^c   Lasich, John B ^a  

^a Solar Systems Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; SILICON; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; THERMAL CYCLING;

CELL RESPONSIVITY; MULTIJUNCTIONS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 41749099044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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