Efficiencies and energy balance in high-concentrator photovoltaic devices

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-260

  Muñoz Rodríguez, Francisco J ^a   Muñoz Cerón, Emilio ^a   Almonacid, F ^a   Fernández, Eduardo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; DERIVED PARAMETERS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT DATA; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PRESENT STATUS; PV TECHNOLOGIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 84938600355     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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