Principles of Monte-Carlo ray-tracing simulations of quantum dot solar concentrators

ISES Solar World Congress 2007, ISES 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1033-1037

  Schuler A ^a   Kostro, A ^a   Galande, C ^a   Valle Del Olmo, M ^a   De Chambrier, E ^a   Huriet, B ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTRUMS; INVERSE FUNCTIONS; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENT EMISSION; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84856104666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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