Development of terrestrial concentrator modules incorporating high-efficiency multi-junction cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 1161-1164

  O'Neill, M J ^a   McDanal, A J ^a   Cotal, H L ^b   Sudharsanan, R ^b   Krut, D D ^b   Ermer, J H ^b   Karam, N H ^b   Lillington, D R ^b  

^a ENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LINE CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATOR MODULES; ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTIONS; STRETCHED MEMBRANES; TERRESTRIAL CONCENTRATORS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84949553540     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.916094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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