A simple and efficient solar cell parameter extraction method from a single current-voltage curve

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Chunfu ^a   Zhang, Jincheng ^a   Hao, Yue ^a   Lin, Zhenhua ^b   Zhu, Chunxiang ^b  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IDEALITY FACTORS; ILLUMINATION LEVELS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LAMBERT W FUNCTION; MULTI-JUNCTION STRUCTURES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SOLAR CELL PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SOLAR MODULE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS;

PARAMETER EXTRACTION;

EID: 80053470187     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3632971     Document Type: Article

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