Solar energy generation in three dimensions

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6880-6884

  Bernardi, Marco ^a   Ferralis, Nicola ^a   Wan, Jin H ^b   Villalon, Rachelle ^b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; DUAL AXIS; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FLAT PANEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV INSTALLATIONS; PV PANEL; SOLAR PVS; SUN-TRACKING; THIN FILM MATERIAL; THREE DIMENSIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR POWER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84860371862     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2ee21170j     Document Type: Article

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