Electrical performance increase of concentrator solar cells under Gaussian temperature profiles

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 444-455

  Chemisana, Daniel ^a   Rosell, Joan Ignasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

concentrated photovoltaics; finite elements model; Gaussian temperature profiles; non uniform concentrated illumination; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FINITE ELEMENTS MODELS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; NON-UNIFORM; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84878196294     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1205     Document Type: Article

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