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Own calculations, based on \(2.4\,\text {kWh/m}^2\) on an average day from sun.
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Schuster, C.S. (2017). Introduction. In: Diffractive Optics for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44278-5_1
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