Theory for optimal design of waveguiding light concentrators in photovoltaic microcell arrays

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2799-2808

  Semichaevsky, Andrey V ^a   Johnson, Harley T ^a,b   Yoon, Jongseung ^c   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^b   Li, Lanfang ^b   Rogers, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

GAIN DEGRADATIONS; LIGHT CONCENTRATORS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PHOTON TRANSPORT MODELS; PROJECTED AREA; SELF ABSORPTION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79958805326     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002799     Document Type: Article

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