Parallel-connected monolithic dye-sensitised solar modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Pettersson, Henrik ^a   Gruszecki, Tadeusz ^a   Schnetz, Christine ^a   Streit, Micha ^a   Xu, Yunhua ^b   Sun, Licheng ^b   Gorlov, Mikhail ^b   Kloo, Lars ^b   Boschloo, Gerrit ^c   Häggman, Leif ^c   Hagfeldt, Anders ^c  

^a SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Dye sensitised; Module; Monolithic; Parallel connection; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; ACTIVE AREA; COMPARATIVE TESTING; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE STORAGE; LIGHT SOAKING; MATERIAL COMPONENTS; MODULE EFFICIENCY; NOVEL DEVICES; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR MODULE; TEST CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 77955161717     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.971     Document Type: Article

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