FLATCON® CPV module with 36.7% efficiency equipped with four-junction solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1323-1329

  Steiner, Marc ^a   Bösch, Armin ^a   Dilger, Alexander ^a   Dimroth, Frank ^a   Dörsam, Tobias ^a   Muller, Matt ^b   Hornung, Thorsten ^a   Siefer, Gerald ^a   Wiesenfarth, Maike ^a   Bett, Andreas W ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

characterization; concentrator cell; CPV module; high efficiency; multi junction; power rating

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

CONCENTRATOR CELLS; CPV MODULE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MULTI-JUNCTIONS; POWER RATINGS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84941646845     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2568     Document Type: Article

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