Optimization of multijunction solar cells through indoor energy yield measurements

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 438-445

  Garcia, Ivan ^a,b   McMahon, William E ^b   Steiner, Myles A ^b   Geisz, John F ^b   Habte, Aron ^b   Friedman, Daniel J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy yield; luminescence coupling (LC); multijunction solar cell; variable spectrum

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY YIELDS; LIGHT SPECTRUM; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE MAPS; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL CONTENT; VARIABLE SPECTRUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84919950491     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2364128     Document Type: Article

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