Lateral spectrum splitting concentrator photovoltaics: Direct measurement of component and submodule efficiency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-165

  Wang, Xiaoting ^a   Waite, Nick ^a   Murcia, Paola ^a   Emery, Keith ^b   Steiner, Myles ^b   Kiamilev, Fouad ^a   Goossen, Keith ^a   Honsberg, Christiana ^c   Barnett, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

component efficiency; direct measurement; lateral spectrum splitting concentrator photovoltaics (LSSCPV); spectral calibration; test bed

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EXPECTED VALUES; HIGH ENERGY; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; P-N JUNCTION; SINGLE BEAM; SOLAR MODULE; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; SPECTRUM SPLITTING; SUBMODULES; TEST ASSEMBLY; UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84857447474     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1194     Document Type: Article

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