Characterization and modeling of flexible photovoltaic modules for portable power applications

1st International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, SUPERGEN '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Pooja ^a   Duttagupta, Siddhartha P ^b   Agarwal, Vivek ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contoured photovoltaic; Fill factor; Flexible photovoltaic; Hybrid amorphous silicon

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRAINTS; CONTOURED PHOTOVOLTAIC; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FILL FACTOR; INSOLATION CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MODULE PERFORMANCE; MODULE TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POLY-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; POLYNOMIAL MODELS; PORTABLE POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER OUT PUT; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77951483600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SUPERGEN.2009.5348151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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