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CIGS PV Module Characteristic Curves Under Chemical Composition and Thickness Variations

Giovanni CiprianiAntonino ParisiLuciano CurcioAlessandro TomasinoSalvatore StivalaD. La CasciaVincenzo La RoccaV. Di DioAlfonso Carmelo CinoAndrea AndoGiovanni PalmisanoRiccardo PerniceGabriele AdamoCiro SpataroG. Ricco GalluzzoAlessandro BusaccaRosario Miceli

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EngineeringOpen-circuit voltagebusiness.industryPhotovoltaic systemchemistry.chemical_elementSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi ElettromagneticiSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciCopper indium gallium selenide solar cellsPhotovoltaic Modules characterizationSettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicaPower (physics)CIGS Photovoltaic ModulechemistryElectronic engineeringOptoelectronicsGalliumbusinessMATLABShort circuitcomputerSettore ING-INF/07 - Misure Elettriche E ElettronicheIndiumcomputer.programming_language

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This paper analyzes how the electrical characteristics of a CIGS photovoltaic module are affected by the chemical composition and by the thickness variations of the CIGS absorber. The electrical characteristics here considered are the short circuit current, the open circuit voltage, the efficiency and the power peak. The chemical composition is varied by tuning the ratio between gallium and indium. This analysis has been performed by means of the wxAMPS software, developed by the University of Illinois. The above variations have been taken into account on a PV module made of 72 cells. This analysis has been carried out employing a PV module mathematical model developed and implemented by the Authors in Matlab environment.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-10-01
10.1109/icrera.2014.7016529http://hdl.handle.net/10447/104697