Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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80329 | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells | 2008 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Following a brief discussion regarding the operating temperature of commercial grade silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells/modules and its effect upon the performance of free-standing one-sun PV installations, a simple semi-empirical explicit correlation for PV cell temperature and the corresponding efficiency form are proposed for modules of arbitrary mounting. To this end, a dimensionless mounting parameter, ω, is introduced rendering the correlations suitable for systems like building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) array generators. The implications of ignoring radiation and free-convection are quantified and a comparison is made with analogous relations in the literature.
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Authors
E. Skoplaki, A.G. Boudouvis, J.A. Palyvos,