A high irradiance solar furnace for solar cell characterization and nanomaterial synthesis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7769, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Babai, Dotan ^a   Feuermann, Daniel ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; IN-CELL; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; NANOMATERIAL; OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN; SOLAR CELL CHARACTERIZATION; TIME-SCALES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR FURNACES; SOLAR HEATING;

FURNACES;

EID: 77958112573     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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