Series-connection designs for dye solar cell modules

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2759-2764

  Giordano, Fabrizio ^a   Petrolati, Eleonora ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Reale, Andrea ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balancing; design; dye solar cells (DSCs); photovoltaic (PV) modules; series interconnection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; APERTURE RATIO; BACK-ILLUMINATED; CELL WIDTH; DYE SOLAR CELLS; DYE SOLAR CELLS (DSCS); FILL FACTOR; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SERIES INTERCONNECTION; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 79960847089     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2158216     Document Type: Article

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