Abstract
An array constitutes an orderly arrangement of elements in rows and columns. A solar cell array is an arrangement of solar cells, electrically connected into circuits, that have the appearance of rows and columns. Solar cell arrays are also known as solar batteries and, colloquially, as solar arrays. The term battery means a group of cells connected together to furnish electricity. Therefore, the use of either term would be correct to describe an array of solar cells. However, to distinguish clearly between solar cells of the photovoltaic type and other “battery” cells of the galvanic or electrochemical types, the term array will be used throughout this book in connection with solar cells and the term battery in connection with electrochemical cells.
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Rauschenbach, H.S. (1980). Array Systems. In: Solar Cell Array Design Handbook. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7915-7_1
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