%T Influence of concentration and solar cell size on the warranty time of triple junction solar cells
%R 10.1063/1.5053526
%B 14TH International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-14)
%A Neftali Nuñez Mendoza
%A Manuel Vazquez Lopez
%A Julen Tamayo Arriola
%A Vincenzo Orlando
%A Olga Alburquerque del Hoyo
%A Antonio Fernández Fernández
%A Carlos Algora del Valle
%C Puertollano, España
%I AIP Conference Proceedings
%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.
%K Energía solar; Concentrator Photovoltaics
%V 2012
%D 2018
%L upm55196