Determination of the solar cell junction ideality factor using special trans function theory (STFT)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1423-1426

  Santakrus Singh, N ^a,c   Jain, Amit ^b   Kapoor, Avinashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Ideality factor; Solar cell; STFT

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; FUNCTION THEORY; IDEALITY FACTOR; IDEALITY FACTORS; SOLAR CELL JUNCTIONS; STFT;

CELL MEMBRANES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 67349262623     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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