A new method to characterize bifacial solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 903-909

  Singh, Jai Prakash ^a   Walsh, Timothy M ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bifacial efficiency; bifacial solar cell; gain efficiency product; STC measurement

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS; EFFECTIVE EFFICIENCIES; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; GAIN-EFFICIENCY PRODUCT; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEW PARAMETERS; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; STANDARD TEST CONDITION (STC);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904458550     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2341     Document Type: Article

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