A 3-D model for concentrator solar cells based on distributed circuit units

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2552-2558

  Galiana, Beatriz ^a   Algora, Carlos ^a   Rey Stolle, Ignacio ^a   García Vara, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gallium compounds; Modeling; Photovoltaic (PV) cells

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT UNITS; HIGH CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; OHMIC EFFECT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 29244485181     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.859620     Document Type: Article

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