Influence of Average Photon Energy index on solar irradiance characteristics and outdoor performance of photovoltaic modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 996-1003

  Cornaro, Cristina ^a   Andreotti, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Intellienergia   (Italy)

Author keywords

PV module; solar spectral irradiance; solar spectral variation; spectral effects

Indexed keywords

MONITORING ACTIVITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SPECTRA CHARACTERISTIC; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL EFFECTS; SPECTRAL VARIATION;

METEOROLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84881262185     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2194     Document Type: Article

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