Tunable photovoltaic electrochromic device and module

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 390-395

  Huang, Lee May ^a   Kung, Chen Pang ^a   Hu, Chih Wei ^b   Peng, Cheng Yu ^a   Liu, Han Chang ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaics; Semi transparent thin film solar cell; Solar powered smart glass; Tunable solid type photovoltaic electrochromic device

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; CONNECTED LOADS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIALS; ELECTROCHROMICS; ELECTROLYTE LAYERS; GREEN ENERGY; LARGE AREA MODULE; MODULATION PROPERTIES; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; PHOTOPOTENTIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PIXEL STRUCTURE; SELF-POWERED; SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; SILICON THIN FILM; SMART GLASS; SWITCHING APPARATUS; SWITCHING MECHANISM; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; GLASS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

SILICON;

EID: 84867581436     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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