Design and performance of a low-cost acrylic reflector for a ∼7x concentrating photovoltaic module

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8108, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shell, Kara A ^a   Browna, Scott A ^a   Schuetz, Mark A ^a   Davis, Robert J ^b   French, Roger H ^c  

^a Replex Plastics   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylic refle; Compound parabolic concentrator; CPC; CPV; LCPV; Low concentration photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CPC; CPV; LCPV; LOW CONCENTRATIONS;

DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; REFLECTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 80053557478     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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