Durability of poly(methyl methacrylate) lenses used in concentrating photovoltaic modules

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7773, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Miller, David C ^a   Gedvilas, Lynn M ^a   To, Bobby ^a   Kennedy, Cheryl E ^a   Kurtz, Sarah R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Durability; Fresnel lens; PMMA; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CRACK GROWTH; FIELD RATES; FRESNEL LENS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; MASS LOSS; MECHANICAL DURABILITY; OPTICAL FLUX; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; PHYSICAL AGING; PMMA; SURFACE EROSION; VISUAL APPEARANCE; WARPAGES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPACITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TESTING; VISUALIZATION; XENON;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 77957833060     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.861096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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