Doctoral Theses

New configurations for the development of concentrator photovoltaic modules.
- Author: María de los Ángeles Ceballos Pérez
- Directed by: Eduardo Fernández Fernández and Álvaro Valera Albacete

Study and Modeling of Photovoltaic Soiling Losses Using Environmental Parameters.
- Author: João Gabriel Bessa
- Directed by: Eduardo Fernández Fernández and Leonardo Micheli

Novel soiling detection methods to increase the competitiveness of photovoltaic systems.
- Author: Álvaro Fernández Solas
- Directed by: Eduardo Fernández Fernández and Florencia Almonacid Cruz

Study, design and optimization of hybrid systems of high photovoltaic concentration and thermoelectric generation.
- Author: Álvaro Valera Albacete
- Directed by: Eduardo Fernández Fernández and Florencia Almonacid Cruz

Development of new vertical solar cell architectures for ultra-high concentration levels.
- Author: Celia Outes Castro
- Directed by: Eduardo Fernández Fernández and Antonio García Loureiro

Reducing photovoltaic performance uncertainty through development of enhanced soiling measurement and modeling techniques.
- Author: Mathew Thomas Muller
- Directed by: Florencia Almonacid Cruz and Eduardo Fernández Fernández

Development of innovative optical elements for ultra-high concentration photovoltaic systems. Analysis of the impact of spatial and spectral non-uniformity.
- Author: José Manuel Saura García
- Directed by: Daniel Chemisana Villegas and Eduardo Fernández Fernández

Study and modeling of the impact of the solar spectrum, dust and dirt on the outdoor behavior of photovoltaic materials.
- Author: José Antonio Caballero Cuerva
- Directed by: Gustavo Eduardo Nofuentes Garrido and Eduardo Fernández Fernández

Evaluation and development of techniques for the characterization of photovoltaic systems in real sunlight.
- Author: Jesús Montes Romero
- Directed by: Juan de la Casa Higueras and Eduardo Fernández Fernández

Contribution to the development of high concentration photovoltaic systems. Analysis of new module configurations.
- Author: Juan Pablo Ferrer Rodríguez
- Directed by: Pedro J. Pérez Higueras and Eduardo Fernández Fernández

Modeling and characterization of multi-junction III-V solar cells and concentrator modules.
- Author: Eduardo Fernández Fernández
- Directed by: Pedro J. Pérez Higueras and Antonio García Loureiro