Determination of the internal series resistance of CIS and CIGS photovoltaic cell structures

Alan E. Delahoy; Adam M. Payne

doi:10.1109/pvsc.1996.564259

Determination of the internal series resistance of CIS and CIGS photovoltaic cell structures

Alan E. Delahoy, Adam M. Payne

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Abstract

A new method is described to determine the internal series resistance of thin film solar cells. The method involves illumination of a small area of the cell with light sufficiently intense to make the internal resistance easily observable. For the CIS and CIGS cells examined, specific internal resistances ranging between 7 × 10^-2 and 3 × 10^-4 Ω cm² were obtained. Such remarkably low values confirm the ability of CIGS to function as a concentrator cell.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	841-844
Number of pages	4
Journal	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.1996.564259
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 25th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Washington, DC, USA Duration: May 13 1996 → May 17 1996

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Determination of the internal series resistance of CIS and CIGS photovoltaic cell structures

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