Specification of micro-nanoscale radiative patterns using inverse analysis for increasing solar panel efficiency

ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hajimirza, Shima ^a   Hitti, Georges El ^b   Heltzel, Alex ^a   Howell, John ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BROYDEN-FLETCHER-GOLDFARB-SHANNO; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LOCAL OPTIMIZATIONS; NEAR FIELD RADIATION; OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; QUASI-NEWTON; SOLAR PANELS; SURFACE PATTERNING;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THERMOANALYSIS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84860914403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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