The sun tracker in concentrator photovoltaics

Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-93

  Luque Heredia, Ignacio ^a   Quéméré, Goulven ^a   Cervantes, Rafael ^a   Laurent, Olivier ^a   Chiappori, Emmanuele ^a   Chong, Jing Ying ^a  

^a BSQ Solar   (Spain)

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EID: 84858112822     PISSN: 03424111     EISSN: 15561534     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23369-2_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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