Concentrator Photovoltaics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Luque, Antonio L. (Editor), Viacheslav, Andreev (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 130
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.

Photovoltaic solar-energy conversion is one of the most promising technologies for generating renewable energy, and conversion of concentrated sunlight can lead to reduced cost for solar electricity. In fact, photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight insures an efficient and cost-effective su...

Table of Contents:

• Past Experiences and New Challenges of PV Concentrators
• III-V Heterostructures in Photovoltaics
• Silicon concentrator solar cells
• Multijunction Concentrator Solar Cells
• Very-High-Concentration Challenges of III-V Multijunction Solar Cells
• Concentrator Optics
• Solar Cell Cooling
• Terrestrial Concentrator PV Systems
• Solar Thermophotovoltaics
• Multijunction Concentrator Solar Cells: An Enabler for Low-Cost Photovoltaic Systems
• Inspira’s CPV Sun Tracking
• The Amonix High-Concentration Photovoltaic System
• The EUCLIDES Concentrator
• The FLATCON System from Concentrix Solar
• Concentrator Solar Cell Modules and Systems Developed in Japan.