Higher PV module efficiency by a novel CBS bypass

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1333-1336

  Acciari, Gianluca ^a   Graci, Davide ^a   La Scala, Amedeo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bypass schottky diode; efficiency; hot spot; photovoltaic (PV)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT INTENSITY; DISSIPATED POWER; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HOT SPOT; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED POWER; NOVEL DEVICES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); PRODUCT MANUFACTURING; PV GENERATORS; PV MODULES; PV PANEL; REDUCING COSTS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; STORAGE CAPACITOR;

DIODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79959516260     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2095469     Document Type: Article

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