High-Efficiency Solar Cells for Large-Scale Electricity Generation & Design Considerations for the Related Optics (Presentation)

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Abstract

The photovoltaic industry has been growing exponentially at an average rate of about 35%/year since 1979. Recently, multijunction concentrator cell efficiencies have surpassed 40%. Combined with concentrating optics, these can be used for electricity generation.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages30
StatePublished - 2007

Publication series

NamePrepared for Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2007--the 91st OSA Annual Meeting, 16-20 September 2007, San Jose, California.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-520-42276

Keywords

  • high-efficiency
  • large-scale
  • multijunction
  • optical concentration
  • PV
  • solar cells

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