Performance of amorphous silicon double junction photovoltaic systems in different climatic zones

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1699-1702

  Gottschalg, R ^a   Jardine, C N ^b   Ruther R ^c   Betts, T R ^a   Conibeer, G J ^d   Close, J ^e   Infield, D G ^a   Kearney, M J ^a   Lam, K H ^a,b   Lane, K ^b   Pang, H ^e   Tscharner, R ^f  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON DOUBLE JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; CLIMATIC ZONES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0036953486     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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