Simplified device simulation of silicon solar cells using a lumped parameter optical model

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 611-616

  Fell, Andreas ^a,c   McIntosh, Keith R ^b   Fong, Kean C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PV Lighthouse   (Australia)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modeling; optics; Quokka; silicon; simulation; solar cell; temperature coefficient

Indexed keywords

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MODELS; OPTICS; RAY TRACING; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS;

DEVICE SIMULATIONS; DEVICE TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUOKKA; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE; THIN FILM MATERIAL;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84977858270     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2528407     Document Type: Article

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