Energy collection efficiency of holographic planar solar concentrators

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 858-870

  Castro, Jose M ^a   Zhang, Deming ^a   Myer, Brian ^b   Kostuk, Raymond K ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

AVAILABLE ENERGY; ENERGY COLLECTION; PLANAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SOLAR VARIATIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 76749140985     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000858     Document Type: Article

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