Comparison of PV module performance before and after 11-years of field exposure

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1432-1435

  Reis, A M ^a   Coleman, N T ^a   Marshall, M W ^a   Lehman, P A ^a   Chamberlin, C E ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

NORMAL OPERATING CELL TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0036957055     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190878     Document Type: Article

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