Variable light biasing method to measure component I-V characteristics of multi-junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-133

  Holovsky J ^a,b   Bonnet Eymard, M ^a   Boccard, M ^a   Despeisse, M ^a   Ballif, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; Light bias; Multi junction; P i n

Indexed keywords

BIASING METHODS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL SHUNT; FIXED VOLTAGE; I - V CURVE; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION; P-I-N; P-I-N STRUCTURE; PIN PHOTODIODE; SUB-CELLS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON;

BIAS VOLTAGE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84860876665     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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