The purpose of this article is to describe a very simple experiment that allows college students in introductory physics courses to plot the I-V characteristics of a solar cell, and hence measure important photovoltaic parameters, such as the fill factor (E) and light conversion efficiency.
To prove it, an algorithm is proposed to check the accuracy of the proposed results; a simple tool, General Algebraic Modeling System is also proposed to extract the best values of parameters of a photovoltaic cell. 1. Introduction
The electrical performance of a photovoltaic (PV) silicon solar cell is described by its current–voltage (I–V) character-istic curve, which is in turn determined by device and material properties.
An sample algorithm is used to check the inaccuracies occurred in the parameters identification of the photovoltaic cell. General Algebraic Modeling System is used to extract the best values of parameters of a PV cell and PV module. Tools are applied to check and extract parameters from single and double diode model.
To evaluate the performance of a photovoltaic panel, several parameters must be extracted from the photovoltaic. Among the methods developed to extract photovoltaic parameters from current-voltage (I-V) characteristic curve, metaheuristic algorithms are the most used nowadays.
Although our model of a solar cell is naive, neglecting as it does contri- butions from shunt and series resistance to the equivalent electrical circuit of the cell, it never- theless captures the essential physics and allows undergraduate students to analyse the important characteristics of a silicon solar cell.
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An experiment to measure the I-V characteristics of a silicon solar cell
We describe a very simple experiment that allows college students in introductory physics courses to plot the I-V characteristics of a solar cell, and hence measure important photovoltaic parameters, such as the fill factor and light conversion efficiency.
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When measuring optical parameters of a photovoltaic silicon cell, precise results bring good electrical parameters estimation, applying well-known physical-mathematical models....
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