High Concentrator PhotoVoltaics efficiencies: Present status and forecast

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1810-1815

  Perez Higueras P ^a   Munoz E ^a   Almonacid, G ^a   Vidal, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrator Photovoltaics; Efficiency; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PRESENT STATUS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; STATE OF THE ART; WIDE FIELD;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY CONVERSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79851511844     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.11.046     Document Type: Review

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