The down-to-earth future of Si substrate multi-junction concentrator photovoltaics

2011 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, EPEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 57-61

  D'Souza, Shaun ^a   Haysom, Joan ^b   Anis, Hanan ^b   Hinzer, Karin ^b  

^a Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch of the Canadian Forces   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentrator; Cost; Energy; Ge; Multi junction Photovoltaic; Si; Solar; Substrate; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR; ENERGY; MULTI-JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR; TERRESTRIAL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRICITY; GERMANIUM; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 82955169582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEC.2011.6070253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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