Concept of Bee-Eyes Array of Fresnel Lenses as a Solar Photovoltaic Concentrator System

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Journal of Photonics

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Figure 4: Concept of Bee-Eyes Array of Fresnel Lenses as a Solar Photovoltaic Concentrator System 