@inbook{dc663a7c9b55409e93f0a7c92fac1b5e,
title = "Multijunction concentrator solar cells: An enabler for low-cost photovoltaic systems",
abstract = "Over the past decade, multijunction (MJ) solar cell technology for terrestrial concentrator applications has experienced a rapid surge in demonstrated efficiency [1-5], as illustrated in Fig. 10.1. Multijunction cells have reached the point at which the next set of technology improvements are likely to push efficiencies over 42%. Spectrolab's roadmap for terrestrial concentrator solar cell technologies with ever-increasing cell efficiency is shown in Fig. 10.2. Very high solar cell efficiencies are crucial to the cost-effective commercialization of concentrator and flat-plate photovoltaic systems alike [6-9], because of the highly leveraging effect that efficiency has on module packaging and balance-of-system costs. In this chapter, we discuss the semiconductor device research paths being investigated with the aim of reaching > 40% efficiency, and packaging, systems and economic considerations for cost-effective concentrator photovoltaics.",
author = "Karam, {N. H.} and Sherif, {R. A.} and King, {R. R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgement. The authors thank M. Symko-Davies, B. McConnell, K. Emery, S. Kurtz, J. Kiehl, T. Moriarty, W. Metzger, R. Ahrenkiel, B. Keyes, M. Romero, D. Friedman and J. Olson at NREL; and G. Kinsey, H. Cotal, A. Paredes, Y. Aguirre, P. Colter, T. Isshiki, M. Haddad, K. Barbour, M. Takahashi, M. Kalachian, and G. Glenn, and the entire multijunction solar cell team at Spec-trolab. This work was supported in part by the Department of Energy through the NREL High-Performance PV program (NAT-1-30620-01), and by Spectrolab.",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-68798-6_10",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3540687963",
series = "Springer Series in Optical Sciences",
pages = "199--219",
editor = "Antonio Luque and Viacheslav Andreev",
booktitle = "Concentrator Photovoltaics",
}