Title :
A method of modeling series-connected photovoltaic junctions
Author :
Allen, Charles R. ; Lim, Swee H. ; Li, Jing-Jing ; Zhang, Yong-Hang
Author_Institution :
Center for Photonics Innovation, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A method of predicting the performance of spatially-series-connected photovoltaic cells under non-uniform illumination at the array level is presented. This methodology is also applied to multi-junction solar cells under non-uniform illumination at the subcell level. Necessary conditions to straightforwardly model these cells as a single diode are identified.
Keywords :
lighting; solar cell arrays; array level; modeling series-connected photovoltaic junction; multijunction solar cell; nonuniform illumination; single diode; spatially-series-connected photovoltaic cell; Arrays; Integrated circuit modeling; Junctions; Limiting; Photovoltaic cells; Resistance; SPICE;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9966-3
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186283
