Performance degradation of various PV module technologies in tropical Singapore

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1288-1294

  Ye, Jia Ying ^a   Reindl, Thomas ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a   Walsh, Timothy M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Degradation rate; PV module; tropical climate

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DEGRADATION; GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; TROPICS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULES; DEGRADATION RATE; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL DECOMPOSITION; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84906784050     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2338051     Document Type: Article

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