Effects of solar spectrum and module temperature on outdoor performance of photovoltaic modules in round-robin measurements in Japan

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Ishii, Tetsuyuki ^a,b   Otani, Kenji ^a   Takashima, Takumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

light soaking; performance ratio; photovoltaic modules; round robin measurements; solar spectrum; spectral factor; thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOAKING; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; ROUND-ROBIN MEASUREMENT; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL FACTORS; THERMAL ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYSILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 79952129107     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.995     Document Type: Article

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