%0 Conference Paper
%A Nuñez Mendoza, Neftali
%A Vazquez Lopez, Manuel
%A Tamayo Arriola, Julen
%A Orlando, Vincenzo
%A Alburquerque del Hoyo, Olga
%A Fernández Fernández, Antonio
%A Algora del Valle, Carlos
%B 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems
%C Puertollano, España
%D 2018
%F upm:55196
%I AIP Conference Proceedings
%K Energía solar; Concentrator Photovoltaics
%R 10.1063/1.5053526
%T Influence of concentration and solar cell size on the warranty time of triple junction solar cells
%U https://oa.upm.es/55196/
%V 2012
%X In a previous work the warranty time of commercial lattice-matched GaInP/Ga(In)As/Ge triple junction concentrator solar cells was evaluated under real climatic conditions. The solar cells had a size of 7x7 mm operating with an efficiency of 35% at 820×. For these particular solar cells the warranty time for three locations, Golden (CO-USA), Madrid (Spain), and Tucson   AZUSA), exhibits a 4 to 1 ratio, which affects the LCOE (Levelized Cost of Electricity) in an important way. In this work, we go a step further evaluating the influence of concentration and solar cell size on the warranty for a specific thermal design.