Performance modeling and testing of a Building Integrated Concentrating Photovoltaic (BICPV) system

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-44

  Baig, Hasan ^a   Sellami, Nazmi ^a   Mallick, Tapas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BiCPV; BiPV; CPV; Modeling; Non uniform

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANES; LIGHT; MODELS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BICPV; BIPV; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; ELECTRICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NON-UNIFORM; SOLAR CELL TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84913570315     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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