A low concentration receiver concept for cost effective crystalline back contact cells

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2111-2116

  Ebert, Matthieu ^a   Dorsam, Tobias ^a   Fellmeth, Tobias ^a   Hadrich, Ingrid ^a   Eitner, Ulrich ^a   Biro, Daniel ^a   Wiesenfarth, Maike ^a   Noriega, Pablo ^b   Caparros, Sebastian ^b   Castano, Fernando J ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b Soland Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

back contact cells; concentrator photovoltaic receiver; LCPV; silicon concentrator cells; solar cell interconnection

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BACK-CONTACT CELLS; CELL INTERCONNECTION; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; LCPV; SILICON CONCENTRATOR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912125885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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