Characteristics of bifacial solar cells under bifacial illumination with various intensity levels

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Ohtsuka, H ^a,b   Sakamoto, M ^a   Koyama, M ^a   Tsutsui, K ^a   Uematsu, T ^a   Yazawa, Y ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MIRRORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICA; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

BIFACIAL ILLUMINATION EFFECT; BIFACIAL SOLAR CELL; REAR FLAT LOCAL BSF CELLS; REAR FLOATING EMITTER CELLS; REAR TEXTURED LOCAL BSF CELLS; REAR TOTAL BSF CELLS; SATURATION CURRENT; TRIODE CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035111360     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.336     Document Type: Article

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