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Technology Agnostic Analysis and Design for Improved Performance, Variability, and Reliability in Thin Film Photovoltaics
02 Apr 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar
Thin film photovoltaics (TFPV) offer low cost alternatives to conventional crystalline Silicon (c-Si) PV, and can enable novel applications of PV technology. Their large scale adoption however, requires significant improvements in process yield, and operational reliability. In order to address …
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PVpanel Sim
09 Oct 2011 | Tools | Contributor(s): Mario Renteria, Elliott Ivan Gurrola, Sourabh Dongaonkar, Muhammad Alam
Two dimensional spice simulation of thin film solar panels, including shunt induced variability, and partial shadow effects.
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A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
15 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam
In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level.
Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Karthik Y and Souvik …
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PV Analyzer
28 Mar 2011 | Tools | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar, Muhammad Alam
Extract compact model parameters from solar cell data
