Results on series and shunt resistances in a c-Si PV cell. Comparison using existing methods and a new one

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3124-3130

  Cotfas, D ^a   Cotfas, P ^a   Kaplanis, S ^b   Ursutiu, D ^a  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^b Technological and Educational Institutes   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ideality factor; Maximum power point; Series and shunt resistance; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CELL CHARACTERIZATION; DIODE MODELING; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; IDEALITY FACTORS; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; SERIES AND SHUNT RESISTANCES; SERIES RESISTANCES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 57349123649     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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