Flat-plate photovoltaics with solar-tracking origami micro-concentrator arrays

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chien, Chih Wei ^a   Lee, Kyusang ^a   Shlian, Matt ^a   Forrest, Stephen ^a   Shtein, Max ^a   Ku, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium arsenide; photovoltaic cells; solar concentrator; solar tracking

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GALLIUM ARSENIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

ARCHITECTURE-BASED; COST OF ELECTRICITY; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; MICROCONCENTRATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SOLAR TRACKING; THIN-FILM PROCESSING; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84961572830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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