Comments on the experimental determination of series resistance in solar cells
Abstract
A method for measuring the series resistance of a solar cell recently proposed by Araujo and Sanchez (1982) is compared with that proposed by Wolf and Rauschenbach (1963). It is shown that the former method is accurate only for cells with very low series resistance and operating under high illumination conditions. The latter method is able to determine series resistance at any particular operating point of the I-V characteristic without a prior knowledge of the other parameters, provided these parameters are independent of illumination.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
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- Bibcode:
- 1984ITED...31..717P
- Keywords:
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- Electrical Resistance;
- Open Circuit Voltage;
- Short Circuit Currents;
- Solar Cells;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Electric Current;
- Illumination;
- Photoelectric Emission;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering