Concentrator cell efficiency measurement errors caused by unfiltered xenon flash solar simulators

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1616, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-153

  Osterwald, Carl R ^a   Wanlass, Mark W ^b   Moriarty, Tom ^a   Steiner, Myles A ^a   Emery, Keith A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wanlass Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrator; Efficiency; Error; Measurement; Photovoltaic; Solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005967107     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4897049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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