Using stochastic models to determine financial indicators and technical objectives for organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 236-247

  Powell, Colin ^a   Lawryshyn, Yuri ^a   Bender, Timothy ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mean reverting electricity price model; Organic solar cells; Stochastic weather model; TEEOS

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY GAP; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; JUMP DIFFUSION MODELS; MEAN-REVERTING ELECTRICITY PRICE MODELS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SI-BASED SOLAR CELLS; STOCHASTIC WEATHER MODELS; TEEOS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84867571554     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.038     Document Type: Article

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