Accurate series resistance measurement of solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-499

  Fong, Kean Chern ^a   McIntosh, Keith R ^b   Blakers, Andrew W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PV Lighthouse   (Australia)

Author keywords

characterization; resistance loss; series resistance; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; RESISTANCE LOSS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SPECTRAL MISMATCH;

CHARACTERIZATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 84878181324     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1216     Document Type: Article

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