An improved method to estimate the equivalent circuit parameters in DSSCs

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 715-720

  Hanmin, Tian ^a   Xiaobo, Zhang ^a   Shikui, Yuan ^a   Xiangyan, Wang ^a   Zhipeng, Tian ^a   Bin, Liu ^a   Ying, Wang ^a   Tao, Yu ^a   Zhigang, Zou ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristic; Dye sensitized solar cell; Equivalent circuit

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTIC; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT PARAMETERS; ESTIMATED PARAMETERS; I - V CURVES; IMPROVED METHODS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PARAMETER VALUES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ESTIMATION METHOD; SOLAR POWER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 63449105823     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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