Examination of solar cells and encapsulations of small experimental photovoltaic modules

2nd International IEEE Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics, POLYTRONIC 2002 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 137-141

  Saly V ^a   Ruzinsky M ^a   Packa, J ^a   Redi, P ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ETHYLENE; MICROELECTRONICS; PHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

AGEING CONDITIONS; ENCAPSULANT MATERIALS; ESTIMATED LIFETIME; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EXPERIMENTAL MODULES; OPTICAL CONCENTRATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SERIES AND SHUNT RESISTANCES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33845565918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/POLYTR.2002.1020197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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