Effects of passive cooling on performance of silicon photovoltaic cells

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-308

  Cuce, Erdem ^a   Bali, Tulin ^a   Sekucoglu, Suphi Anil ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Heat sink; Passive cooling; Performance; Photovoltaic cell

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COOLING TECHNIQUE; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; INTENSITY LEVELS; PASSIVE COOLING; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER OUT PUT; RADIATION CONDITION; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR SIMULATOR; STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COOLING; HEAT SINKS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80755168312     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: 17481325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctr018     Document Type: Article

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