Temperature dynamics of multijunction concentrator solar cells up to ultra-high irradiance

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Braun, Avi ^a   Hirsch, Baruch ^a   Vossier, Alexis ^a   Katz, Eugene A ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

concentrator; flash; solar cell; solar simulator; temperature coefficient; ultra high irradiance

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR; FLASH; SOLAR SIMULATOR; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; ULTRA-HIGH;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ION SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874283324     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1179     Document Type: Article

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