Third-generation EUCLIDES concentrator results

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-371

  Vivar, Marta ^a   Antõn, Ignacio ^a   Pachõn, Dolores ^a   Sala, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

linear; low concentration; parabolic; photovoltaic concentrator; silicon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN PROJECT; FIELD PERFORMANCE; IMPROVED RELIABILITY; INDUSTRIALISATION; LINEAR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS; PROJECTED SYSTEMS; QUALIFICATION STANDARDS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SINGLE ELEMENT; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM COSTS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TENERIFE; TEST SITE; THIRD GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84860010684     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1136     Document Type: Review

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