Experimental analysis of the spectral factor for quantifying the spectral influence on concentrator photovoltaic systems under real operating conditions

Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 1878-1886

  Fernández, Eduardo F ^a   Almonacid, Florencia ^a   Soria Moya, Alberto ^a   Terrados, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrator photovoltaics; Outdoor measurements; Spectral factor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL FACTORS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84954397033     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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