Design and analysis of a curved cylindrical Fresnel lens that produces high irradiance uniformity on the solar cell

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2127-2132

  González, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; RAY TRACING;

CELL SURFACES; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; HIGH UNIFORMITY; MULTIPLE SURFACES; NON-IMAGING OPTICS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 65249189347     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002127     Document Type: Article

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