Concentrator Photovoltaics

InhaltsangabePast 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.

A.Luque: Engineer and Doctor Engineer form the Polytechnic University of Madrid (School of Telecommunications). Professor at the Politechnic University of Mdrid since 1970. Founder of the Solar Energy Institute at his University in 1978, Founder of the Company Isofotón -today the 8th world producer of solar cell- in 1981 and President until 1990, Inventor of the Bifacial Cell and of the Intermediate Band Solar Cell. Two doctorates Honoris Causa Member of three scientific academies. Several National and International prizes (including Becquerel Prize). Author of numerous publications. V.Andreev: Graduated Electrotechnical University, St.Petersburg, Russia in 1963 and started scientific carrier at the IOFFE Physico-Technical Institute in St.Petersburg. Scientific achievements: technology of AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures (1967), inventions in AlGaAs/GaAs light emitting diodes (1967), heterolasers (1969), AlGaAs/GaAs solar cells (1969), high efficiency concentrator solar cells, concentrator PV installations and thermophotovoltaic devices. European Becquerel Prize for outstanding merits in Photovoltaics (2001).