Teaching solar cell I-V characteristics using SPICE

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1232-1239

  Devasia, Archana ^a   Kurinec, Santosh K ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 82855182108     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3636525     Document Type: Article

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