Experimental study of variations of the solar spectrum of relevance to thin film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-537

  Gottschalg, R ^a   Infield, D G ^a   Kearney, M J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Seasonal variation; Spectral effects; Spectral radiation; Spectral variation; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0042512123     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(03)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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