RT Journal Article
T1 Analysis and characterization of photovoltaic modules of three different thin-film technologies in outdoor conditions
A1 Moreno-Sáez, Rafael Jesús
A1 Sidrach-de-Cardona-Ortin, Mariano
A1 Mora-López, Llanos
K1 Energía fotovoltaica
AB The instantaneous performance ratio of thin-film photovoltaic modules of three different technologies is analyzed and characterized using contour graphs for different outdoor conditions. This parameter changes when modules are working in outdoor conditions depending on several variables. The most explanatory parameters we have found are the module temperature, the atmospheric clearness index and the solar spectral irradiance distribution; this latter has been included in the characterization using the average photon energy index as it has been identified as a good indicator of the solar spectral irradiance distribution. Moreover, the variance of instantaneous performance ratio for each studied technology has been analyzed. We can conclude that the joint use of all these parameters in contour graphs allows us to better characterize the performance of modules and to reduce the uncertainty observed in previous proposals that only use two of these parameters.
PB Elsevier
SN 1872-9118
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32736
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32736
LA eng
NO Rafael Moreno-Sáez, Mariano Sidrach-de-Cardona, Llanos Mora-López, Analysis and characterization of photovoltaic modules of three different thin-film technologies in outdoor conditions, Applied Energy, Volume 162, 2016, Pages 827-838, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.156.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026