Multijunction concentrator solar cells: Analysis and fundamentals

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-37

  Fernández, Eduardo F ^a   García Loureiro, Antonio J ^a   Smestad, Greg P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Sol Ideas Technology Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; EFFICIENCY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH-CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SINGLE JUNCTION DEVICES; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84938571945     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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