The stretched lens ultralight concentrator array

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 1135-1138

  O'Neill, M J ^a   McDanal, A J ^a   Piszczor, M F ^b   Eskenazi, M I ^c   Jones, P A ^c   Carrington, Connie ^d   Edwards, D L ^d   Brandhorst, H W ^e  

^a ENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NASA; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PROTOTYPE PANELS; SPACE SOLAR ARRAYS; STRETCHED LENS ARRAYS; STRETCHED MEMBRANES; TRIPLE JUNCTION CELLS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 84949548614     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.916087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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