A novel measurement method to determine the C-V characteristic of a solar photovoltaic cell

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1761-1767

  Jeevandoss, C R ^a   Kumaravel, M ^a   Kumar, V Jagadeesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Built in potential; C V characteristics; doping concentration; negative resistance; R V characteristics; solar photovoltaic (SPV) cells

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; C-V CHARACTERISTICS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; R-V CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79953799735     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2091183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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