Outdoor evaluation of flatcon® modules and systems

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bett, Andreas W ^a   Jaus, Joachim ^a   Peharz, Gerhard ^a   Siefer, Gerald ^a   Hakenjos, Alexander ^b   Heile, Inka ^b   Lerchenmuller, Hansjorg ^b   Wullner, Johannes ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE DES FONTAINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC SYSTEMS; ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; AIR MASS; INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY; MODULE PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CELLS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL CHANGE;

EID: 84879712838     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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