The performance of a fully-monitored, double-junction a-Si grid-connected BIPV system after four years of continuous operation in Brazil

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1695-1698

  Ruther R ^a   Dacoregio, M M ^a   Montenegro, A A ^a   Knob, P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANNEALING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; LIGHT INDUCED DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; THERMAL ANNEALING RECOVERY EFFECT;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0036953408     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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