A high-irradiance solar furnace for photovoltaic characterization and nanomaterial synthesis

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 951-956

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentrator; High irradiance; Nanomaterials; Photovoltaic; Solar furnace

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; HIGH-IRRADIANCE; IN-CELL; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOMATERIAL; OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TIME-SCALES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FURNACES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR FURNACES; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78751649198     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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