Influence of spectrum and latitude on the annual optical performance of a dielectric based BICPV system

Solar Energy

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 268-277

  Baig, Hasan ^a   Fernández, Eduardo F ^a   Mallick, Tapas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual optical performance; BICPV; Building integrated concentrating photovoltaics; CPV; Spectral impact

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION;

BICPV; CPV; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SPECTRAL IMPACT;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84955276585     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.043     Document Type: Article

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