Influence from front contact sheet resistance on extracted diode parameters in CIGS solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-121

  Malm, Ulf ^a   Edoff, Marika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CIGS; Finite element method; One diode model; Simulations; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS;

CURRENT FLOW; ONE DIODE MODELS; OPERATING POINTS; SOLAR CELL DEVICES;

DIODES;

EID: 41049112143     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.784     Document Type: Article

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