Performance analysis of a mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-299

  Muhammad Sukki, Firdaus ^a,b   Abu Bakar, Siti Hawa ^a,c   Ramirez Iniguez, Roberto ^a   McMeekin, Scott G ^a   Stewart, Brian G ^a   Munir, Abu Bakar ^d   Mohd Yasin, Siti Hajar ^e   Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi ^f  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic systems; Mirror symmetrical dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator; Solar concentrator; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; MIRRORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DIELECTRIC TOTALLY INTERNALLY REFLECTING CONCENTRATORS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

FUEL CELL; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANUFACTURING; OPTICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84878888315     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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