Tailored solar optics for maximal optical tolerance and concentration

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 624-629

  Goldstein, Alex ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aplanatic; Concentrator; Efficiency; Nonimaging; Photovoltaics; tendue

Indexed keywords

APLANATIC; CONCENTRATOR; NON-IMAGING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TENDUE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIRRORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 78650693737     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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