Measurement of the open-circuit voltage of individual subcells in a dual-junction solar cell

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-168

  Holovský, Jakub ^a   Bonnet Eymard, Maximilien ^b   Bugnon, Grégory ^b   Cuony, Peter ^b   Despeisse, Matthieu ^b   Ballif, Christophe ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; photovoltaic cells; solar energy

Indexed keywords

DUAL-JUNCTION; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MEASUREMENT SETUP; OPTICAL MODELS; SELECTIVE ILLUMINATION; SINGLE JUNCTION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SUB-CELLS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84865166171     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2178232     Document Type: Article

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