Cost analysis for flat-plate concentrators employing microscale photovoltaic cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3431-3434

  Paap, Scott ^a   Gupta, Vipin ^a   Cruz Campa, Jose Luis ^a   Okandan, Murat ^a   Sweatt, William ^a   Jared, Bradley ^a   Anderson, Ben ^a   Nielson, Greg ^a   Tauke Pedretti, Anna ^a   Nelson, Jeff ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Modeling; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MICROSYSTEMS; MODELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON; TOOLS;

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZED OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896444054     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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