Recent progress in concentrator photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gombert, A ^a   Heile, I ^a   Wullner J ^a   Gerstmaier, T ^a   Van Riesen, S ^a   Gerster, E ^a   Rottger M ^a   Lerchenmuller H ^a  

^a PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE DES FONTAINES   (France)

Author keywords

concentrator optics; field performance; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AC SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED PRODUCTIONS; CONCENTRATOR OPTICS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; FIELD DATA; FIELD PERFORMANCE; FLATCON; FRESNEL LENS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECENT PROGRESS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DC POWER TRANSMISSION; LENSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953805617     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.858888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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