Compact and efficient Maximum Power Point Tracking circuit for portable solar battery charger

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 930-937

  Lee, Eun Sub ^a   Jung, Chul Mun ^a   Vo, Huan Minh ^a   Min, Kyeong Sik ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Battery charger; Buck converter; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

BATTERY CAPACITY; BATTERY CHARGERS; BUCK CONVERTERS; CHARGING CURRENT; CHARGING TIME; CHARGING VOLTAGE; CONSTANT CURRENT; CONSTANT VOLTAGE; CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR BATTERY; SUNLIGHT INTENSITY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

EID: 79960773559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.8.930     Document Type: Article

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