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Investigating the seasonal performance of amorphous silicon single- and multi-junction modules
conference contribution
posted on 2011-03-15, 16:52 authored by Ralph Gottschalg, J.A. del Cueto, Thomas R. Betts, Sheryl R. Williams, David InfieldThe seasonal performance fluctuations observed in
amorphous silicon solar cells are investigated. The
dominant forces driving the increased efficiency in
summer are identified, from long-term measurements, to
be thermal annealing and spectral variations. A method for
correcting for changes in the incident spectrum is applied
in order to correct for the seasonal changes. In a second
step, the fill factor is investigated in order to establish the
magnitude of thermal annealing seen by these devices.
The magnitude of each effect is investigated.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Unit
- Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)
Citation
GOTTSCHALG, R....et al., 2003. Investigating the seasonal performance of amorphous silicon single- and multi-junction modules. IN: Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Osaka, Japan, 11-18 May, 2, pp. 2078-2081Publisher
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- en
