Solar radiation durability of materials components and systems for Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems

IEEE 2011 EnergyTech, ENERGYTECH 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  French, Roger H ^a   Murray, Myles P ^a   Lin, Wei Chun ^a   Shell, Kara A ^b   Brown, Scott A ^b   Schuetz, Mark A ^b   Davis, Robert J ^c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Replex Plastics   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrating photovoltaic; lifetime and degradation science; reliability; solar radiation durability

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ACTIVE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; COST COMPETITIVENESS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON CELLS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ENVIRONMENTAL DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LIFETIME AND DEGRADATION SCIENCE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-FACTOR; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PER UNIT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; OPTICS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILICONES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 80051583381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EnergyTech.2011.5948501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. R. H. French, J. M. Rodríguez-Parada, M. K. Yang, R. A. Derryberry, M. F. Lemon, M. J. Brown, C. R. Haeger, S. L. Samuels, E. C. Romano, R. E. Richardson, "Optical Properties Of Materials For Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems", Proceedings of 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA June 7-12, 2009.