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Analysing sollar cell short circuit current as function of incident solar irradiance
Tonko Garma
Chair for electrical measurements and Chair for physics Technical University of Split
Instead of introduction
ber Halbleiter sollte man nicht arbeiten, das ist eine Schweinerei; wer wei, ob es berhaupt Halbleiter gibt. Wolfgang Pauli, 1931 Nitko se ne bi trebao baviti poluvodiima, to je obina pizdarija, ne znamo postoje li uope. Wolfgang Pauli, 1931
If light is allowed to fall on pn junction, measurable voltages and currents may be observed
Optical generation
Absorption coefficient
2) Short circuit:
Voc is maximum obtainable volatge for given irradiance. Assuming JL>> J0, Voc increases exponentially with IL and thus irradiance (illumination). Note: Maximum Voc is of order of !!
If the circuit resistance (including internal device resistance) is zero, generated photovoltage V0 = 0 and maximal current, so called short circuit current flows:
Jsc = -JL
Task
Uv(V)
0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240
SI (W/m2)
Isc (mA)
1. Set 9 voltage levels on variac, ranging from 0V, in steps of 30 V 2. For each voltage level, measure Isc and solar irradiance (SI) 3. Plot Isc vs SI points 4. Using MS Excel, find Isc = f(SI), including corresponding statistical analysis (LINEST)