Multijunction photovoltaic technologies for high-performance concentrators : preprint / R. McConnell and M. Symko-Davies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

McConnell, Robert D.

Contributor:

Symko-Davies, Martha

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Series:

Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; NREL/CP-520-39791.

NREL/CP ; 520-39791

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar concentrators--Technological innovations.

Solar concentrators.

Photovoltaic power systems--Planning.

Photovoltaic power systems.

Technology transfer.

Solar cells--Research.

Solar cells.

Technology Transfer.

Medical Subjects:

Technology Transfer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Golden, Colo.] : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2006.

Summary:

Multijunction solar cells provide high-performance technology pathways leading to potentially low-cost electricity generated from concentrated sunlight. The National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has funded different III-V multijunction solar cell technologies and various solar concentration approaches. Within this group of projects, III-V solar cell efficiencies of 41% are close at hand and will likely be reported in these conference proceedings. Companies with well-developed solar concentrator structures foresee installed system costs of 3USD/watt--half of today's costs--within the next 2 to 5 years as these high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies are incorporated into their concentrator photovoltaic systems. These technology improvements are timely as new large-scale multi-megawatt markets, appropriate for high performance PV concentrators, open around the world.

Notes:

"Presented at the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-4), Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006."

Title from title screen (viewed on July 11, 2007).

"May 2006."

OCLC:

155852333