Performance ratio revisited: Is PR > 90% realistic?

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 717-726

  Reich, Nils H ^a   Mueller, Bjoern ^a   Armbruster, Alfons ^a   Van Sark, Wilfried G J H M ^b   Kiefer, Klaus ^a   Reise, Christian ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

performance ratio; PV yield

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LOSS MECHANISMS; LOSS MECHANISMS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV YIELD; PYRANOMETERS; STANDARDIZATION PROCESS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; IRRADIATION;

SILICON;

EID: 84865656723     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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