Analyzing luminescent solar concentrators with front-facing photovoltaic cells using weighted Monte Carlo ray tracing

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Woei Leow, Shin ^a,b   Corrado, Carley ^b   Osborn, Melissa ^b   Isaacson, Michael ^a   Alers, Glenn ^b   Carter, Sue A ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT DYES; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; WAVEGUIDE THICKNESS; WEIGHTED MONTE CARLO;

CELLS; FACINGS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84879376233     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807413     Document Type: Article

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