Extended distributed model for analysis of non-ideal concentration operation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 467-473

  Araki, Kenji ^a   Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatic aberration; Concentrator; Diode ideality factor; Flux distribution; III V multi junction cell

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; LIGHTING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6444244341     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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