Low-cost 20X silicon-cell-based linear Fresnel lens concentrator panel

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1407, Issue , 2011, Pages 120-124

  O'Neill, Mark ^a   McDanal, A J ^a   Spears, Don ^a   Stevenson, Clay ^a   Gelbaum, David ^a  

^a Entech Solar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum; concentrator; Fresnel lens; glass; photovoltaic; prism cover; silicon; stretched lens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055222533     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3658308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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