Method for quantifying optical parasitic absorptance loss of glass and encapsulant materials of silicon wafer based photovoltaic modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-158

  Khoo, Yong Sheng ^a,b   Walsh, Timothy M ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Optical losses; Parasitic absorptance; Photovoltaic modules; Quantum efficiency; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; COVER GLASS; ENCAPSULANT MATERIALS; ENCAPSULANTS; ENCAPSULATED CELL; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

GLASS; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84861100829     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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