Simulating III-V concentrator solar cells: A comparison of advantages and limitations of lumped analytical models; distributed analytical models and numerical simulation

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001622-001627

  Rey Stolle, Ignacio ^a   Algora, Carlos ^a   García, Iván ^a   Baudrit, Mathieu ^a   Espinet, Pilar ^a   Galiana, Beatriz ^a   Barrigón, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; DIODE MODELING; DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT MODEL; DUAL JUNCTION SOLAR CELL; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; I - V CURVE;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

EID: 77951529062     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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