Material optimization for concentrated solar photovoltaic and thermal co-generation

ASME 2011 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Systems, InterPACK 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 733-739

  Yazawa, Kazuaki ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-GENERATION; COGENERATION SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HOT WATER; KEY MATERIALS; MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; OVERALL COSTS; PHOTON ENERGY; PUMPING FLUIDS; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL SYSTEMS;

COMMERCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EXHIBITIONS; HEAT SINKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; WATER;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84860318244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPACK2011-52190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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