General temperature dependence of solar cell performance and implications for device modelling

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE;

INTERNAL CARRIER RECOMBINATION RATES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0042204430     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.496     Document Type: Article

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