Electrical performance evaluation of low-concentrating non-imaging photovoltaic concentrator

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 389-398

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

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration; Efficiency; Fill factor; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; GLASS BONDING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

AVERAGE POWER; CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATOR MODULES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL CONVERSIONS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; FILL FACTOR; I-V CURVES; IMPROVED METHODS; INCORPORATING DEVICES; INJECTION MOULDING; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MISMATCH LOSS; NON-IMAGING; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REAR GLASS; REDUCED COSTS; SECOND GENERATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 49149115775     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.819     Document Type: Article

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