Extending photovoltaic operation beyond 2000 suns using a liquid metal thermal interface with passive cooling

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Van Kessel, Theodore G ^a   Martin, Yves C ^a   Sandstrom, Robert L ^a   Guha, Supratik ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR CELLS; LIQUID METAL INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC OPERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS; THERMAL INTERFACES;

COOLING; LIQUID METALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84879733477     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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