Clear separation of seasonal effects on the performance of amorphous silicon solar modules by outdoor I/V-measurements

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-25

  Merten, J ^a   Andreu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon solar cells and modules; Analytical model; I(V) characteristic; Outdoor measurements; Recombination; Spectral effect; Staebler Wronski effect; Temperature effect; product

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEASONAL EFFECTS; STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT; VARIABLE ILLUMINATION MEASUREMENTS (VIM);

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0346855209     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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