YieldOpt, a model to predict the power output and energy yield for concentrating photovoltaic modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 385-397

  Steiner, Marc ^a   Siefer, Gerald ^a   Hornung, Thorsten ^a   Peharz, Gerhard ^b   Bett, Andreas W ^a  

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

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambient conditions; CPV modules; Modeling; Simulation; SMARTS2; SPICE

Indexed keywords

LENSES; MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SPICE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CPV MODULES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION; SMARTS2; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924065169     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2458     Document Type: Article

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