A holistic approach to thermodynamic analysis of photo-thermo-electrical processes in a photovoltaic cell

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 218-231

  Bicer, Yusuf ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Zamfirescu, Calin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Photovoltaics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CURRENT-GENERATION PROCESS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SHUNT AND SERIES RESISTANCE;

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EID: 84975507614     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.090     Document Type: Article

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