Dust-induced shading on photovoltaic modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-226

  Qasem, Hassan ^a   Betts, Thomas R ^a   Müllejans, Harald ^b   Albusairi, Hassan ^c   Gottschalg, Ralph ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

amorphous silicon; crystalline silicon; dust; soiling ratio; spectral response; transmittance

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICON TECHNOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SOILING RATIO; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY; TRANSMITTANCE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TECHNOLOGY;

DUST;

EID: 84892828298     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2230     Document Type: Article

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