Energetic and exergetic performance analysis of CdS/CdTe based photovoltaic technology in real operating conditions of composite climate

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 110, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-50

  Rawat, Rahul ^a   Kaushik, S C ^a   Sastry, O S ^b   Singh, Y K ^b   Bora, B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b National Institute of Solar Energy   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Exergy analysis; Field testing; Performance analysis; Reliability; Thin film photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DEGRADATION; EXERGY; RELIABILITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXERGY ANALYSIS; FIELD TESTING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; STANDARD TEST CONDITION (STC);

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84950248192     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.11.069     Document Type: Article

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