Estimation of external quantum efficiency for multi-junction solar cells under influence of charged particles using artificial neural networks

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 465-470

  Patra, Jagdish C ^a   Jiang, Lian Lian ^a   Maskell, Douglas L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; external quantum efficiency; Multi junction solar cells; solar cell model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL PARAMETER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESIGN EFFICIENCY; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SPACE SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYBERNETICS; EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 83755178997     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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