An optical comparison of silicone and eva encapsulants for conventional silicon PV modules: A ray-tracing study

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000544-000549

  McIntosh, Keith R ^a   Cotsell, James N ^a   Cumpston, Jeff S ^a   Norris, Ann W ^b   Powell, Nick E ^b   Ketola, Barry M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULANTS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; RAY-TRACE; SCREEN-PRINTED; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SILICON CELLS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHYLENE; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SILICONES;

EID: 77951561517     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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