Calibration of solar cells for space applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-107

  Bücher, Klaus ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SPECTRAL MISMATCH CORRECTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031102410     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199703/04)5:2<91::AID-PIP163>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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