High performance ratios of a double-junction a-Si BIPV grid-connected installation after five years of continuous operation in Brazil

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn C, Issue , 2003, Pages 2169-2172

  Rüther, Ricardo ^a   Knob, Paulo ^a   Beyer, Hans Georg ^a   Dacoregio, Marcelo M ^a   Montenegro, Alexandre A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS (BIPV); POWER LOSSES; SOLAR MODULES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RETROFITTING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 6344237740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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