Determination of the diode parameters of a-Si and CdTe solar modules using variation of the intensity of illumination: An application

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2288-2294

  Khan, Firoz ^a,b   Singh, S N ^a   Husain, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A Si solar modules; CdTe solar modules; Diode ideality factor; Reverse saturation current density; Series resistance; Shunt resistance

Indexed keywords

CDTE; REVERSE-SATURATION CURRENTS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SOLAR MODULE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80051588492     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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