Development and experimental evaluation of a complete solar thermophotovoltaic system

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1025-1039

  Datas, Alejandro ^a   Algora, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

high temperature emitters; solar thermophotovoltaic; sunlight concentration; TPV cell array

Indexed keywords

CELL ARRAY; CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SOLAR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEM CHARACTERIZATION; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; HAFNIUM OXIDES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84881225794     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2201     Document Type: Article

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