Concentration photovoltaic optical system irradiance distribution measurements and its effect on multi-junction solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-430

  Herrero, Rebeca ^a   Victoria, Marta ^a   Domínguez, César ^a   Askins, Stephen ^a   Antón, Ignacio ^a   Sala, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

CCD; concentration photovoltaic systems; instrumentation, measurement, and metrology; irradiance profile; multi junction cell

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; IRRADIANCE PROFILES; LIGHT PATTERNS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR SIMULATOR;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861334149     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1145     Document Type: Article

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