Effects of spectrum on the power rating of amorphous silicon photovoltaic devices

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-648

  Monokroussos, C ^a   Bliss, M ^a   Qiu, Y N ^a   Hibberd, C J ^a   Betts, T R ^a   Tiwari, A N ^b   Gottschalg, R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Modelling; Performance; Spectral effects

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROCESS; CELL STRUCTURE; FILL FACTOR; I-LAYER; MODELLING; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER RATINGS; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SPECTRAL EFFECTS;

EQUIPMENT; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TUNGSTEN;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 80052327910     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1080     Document Type: Article

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