Thermodynamically efficient solar concentrators

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Winston, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Nonimaging optics; Solar concentrators; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CONVENTIONAL SENSE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NEW APPROACHES; NON-IMAGING OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84896693145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.2.025501     Document Type: Article

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