Improved performance of a battery powered electric car, using photovoltaic cells

2003 IEEE Bologna PowerTech - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 722-727

  Abusleme, Angel ^a   Dixon, Juan ^a   Soto, Daniel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Battery chargers; Photovoltaic cells; Road vehicle electric propulsion; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BATTERY CHARGERS; BATTERY POWERED; ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; HIGH-CAPACITY; LOW DUTY-CYCLES; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; ROAD VEHICLE ELECTRIC PROPULSION; TRANSPORT COSTS;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84861515699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2003.1304471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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