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Simulation of daytime variations in the characteristics of a-Si:H solar cells

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The time dependences of the key characteristic of a-Si:H solar cells over daylight hours are theoretically simulated. The model is used to calculate the time dependences for an arbitrary geographic latitude in the interval 30°–60° and arbitrary day of the year. The calculated results are illustrated for a geographic latitude of 45° and equinox. The relative variations in the characteristics of the a-Si:H solar cells are valid with a relatively high accuracy for the solar cells based on alternative semiconductors provided that their efficiency ranges form 7 to 20%.

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  1. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Nauki 41, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine

    Yu. V. Kryuchenko, A. V. Sachenko, V. P. Kostylev & I. O. Sokolovskyi

  2. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. V. Bobyl’, E. I. Terukov, V. N. Verbitskii & Yu. A. Nikolaev

  3. Research Center of Thin-Film Technologies in Power Engineering, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    E. I. Terukov & Yu. A. Nikolaev

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Kryuchenko, A.V. Sachenko, A.V. Bobyl’, V.P. Kostylev, I.O. Sokolovskyi, E.I. Terukov, V.N. Verbitskii, Yu.A. Nikolaev, 2013, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 11, pp. 78–85.

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Kryuchenko, Y.V., Sachenko, A.V., Bobyl’, A.V. et al. Simulation of daytime variations in the characteristics of a-Si:H solar cells. Tech. Phys. 58, 1625–1631 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421311011X

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