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Erschienen in: IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). - Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Service Center, 2015. - ISBN 978-1-4799-7944-8

https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356220

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