Performance analysis of concentrator photovoltaic dense-arrays under non-uniform irradiance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-119

  Ben Or, Assaf ^a   Appelbaum, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentrator photovoltaic dense arrays; I V characteristic; Multi junction solar cell parameters; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LOW DISPERSIONS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NEGATIVE VOLTAGE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR CELLS;

DIODES;

EID: 84879308442     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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