Resistive loading of photovoltaic modules and arrays for long-term exposuretesting

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-575

  Osterwald, C R ^a   Adelstein, J ^a   Del Cueto, J A ^a   Sekulic, W ^a   Trudell, D ^a   Mcnutt, P ^a   Hansen, R ^a   Rummel, S ^a   Anderberg, A ^a   Moriarty, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrays; Exposure; Loading; Modules; Photovoltaics; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; RESISTORS; SILICON;

PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESISTIVE LOADS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 33748574526     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.693     Document Type: Article

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