Optimization of a cooling system based on Peltier effect for photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy - Tập 91 - Trang 152-160 - 2013
Hamidreza Najafi1, Keith A. Woodbury1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA

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