A case study of system power efficiency loss mechanisms in a multijunction, spectral splitting, concentrator solar cell system

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000616-000621

  Wilcox, J R ^a   Haas, A W ^a   Gray, J L ^a   Schwartz, R J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LOSS MECHANISMS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION; POTENTIAL SYSTEMS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL SPLITTING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77951550532     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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