An experimental analysis of illumination intensity and temperature dependency of photovoltaic cell parameters

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 374-382

  Cuce, Erdem ^a   Cuce, Pinar Mert ^a   Bali, Tulin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cell temperature; Parameter extraction; Silicon solar cells; Solar intensity

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

CELL TEMPERATURE; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLY-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; SOLAR INTENSITIES; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; LIGHT INTENSITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84878822355     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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