Reactive self-tracking solar concentrators: Concept, design, and initial materials characterization

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1086-1094

  Baker, Katherine A ^a   Karp, Jason H ^a,b   Tremblay, Eric J ^a,c   Hallas, Justin M ^a,d   Ford, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Pacific Integrated Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; HIGH-CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; MECHANICAL TRACKING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES; SPACE CHARGE FIELD;

CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84858113822     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.001086     Document Type: Article

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