Concentrating photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) collectors and systems are very popular in both
domestic and industrial solar energy applications. CPVT collectors provides incomparably …

The concentrating photovoltaic thermal systems are of much interest among all photovoltaic
thermal units which have recently been developed. The trough collectors and Fresnel lenses …

This article summarizes experimental methods to evaluate the performance and to assess
the efficiency of a lens that will be used as primary optics in a concentrating photovoltaic …

Lens-based optical concentrators are currently the most common in concentrator
photovoltaic systems. This paper discusses experimental results to quantify the effects of …

This article describes the procedure proposed by IES-UPM to measure the optical efficiency
and the irradiance of the focused spot of a primary optic for concentrator PV (CPV). The …

Les modules photovoltaïques à concentration (CPV) ont tendance à se miniaturiser. D'une
part, la distance focale plus courte des optiques de concentration permet de réduire le …

This paper presents the project Concentrating Photovoltaic modules using advanced
technologies and cells for highest efficiencies (CPVMatch), which is funded from the …

Laser radiation for a high precision measurement such as nanostructure measurement
needed to be clean of wavefront aberrations. However, only expensive lasers with …

Concentrator photovoltaics technology can be a cost-effective solution for powering specific
spatial missions. Compared to classical concentrators, micro-optical systems reduces the …

Our characterization tool, called METHOD which was previously built for refractive optics [1],
has been adapted and optimized to evaluate a mirror from the APOLLON Project [2] …