Photovoltaic hysteresis and its ramifications for concentrator solar cell design and diagnostics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Katz, Eugene A ^a   Tassew, Wondesen ^a   Feuermann, Daniel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Merced   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC HYSTERESIS;

CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FIBER OPTICS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; TUNNEL DIODES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17044394361     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1862776     Document Type: Article

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