Parameters extraction from commercial solar cells I-V characteristics and shunt analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2239-2244

  Chen, Yifeng ^a   Wang, Xuemeng ^a   Li, Da ^a   Hong, Ruijiang ^a   Shen, Hui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

I V characteristics; Lambert W function; Polynomial curve fitting; Shunt

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POLYSILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BEFORE AND AFTER; FITTING RESULTS; I - V CURVE; ISOLATION PROCESS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LAMBERT W FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PARAMETERS EXTRACTION; PLASTIC CELLS; POLYNOMIAL CURVE FITTING; POLYNOMIAL FITTINGS; SHUNT; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SILICON CELLS; TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLINITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SILICON; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 79951512666     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.048     Document Type: Article

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