A simple approach to determine the solar cell diode ideality factor under illumination

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 769-775

  Bayhan, H ^a   Bayhan, M ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Double diode; Ideality factor; Lambert W function; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CURRENT-VOLTAGE DATA; DOUBLE DIODE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IDEALITY FACTOR; IDEALITY FACTORS; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; JUNCTION INTERFACES; LAMBERT W-FUNCTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; P-N JUNCTION; REVERSE-SATURATION CURRENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMPLE APPROACH;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIODES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79954616406     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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