Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2022, 13, 295-304
https://www.scirp.org/journal/sgre
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DOI: 10.4236/sgre.2022.1312018 Dec. 30, 2022 295 Smart Grid and Renewable Energy
Three-Dimensional Study of the Effect of the
Angle of Incidence of a Magnetic Field on the
Electrical Power and Conversion Efficiency of a
Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cell under
Multispectral Illumination
Idrissa Sourabié
1,2
, Vinci de Dieu Bokoyo Barandja
3
, Mahamadi Savadogo
2
, Ramatou Konaté
2
,
Alain Doua Gnabahou
1
, Martial Zoungra
2
, Issa Zerbo
2
, Frédéric Ouattara
1
1
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, de Physique Spatiale et Énergétique (L@CAPSE), Université Norbert ZONGO,
Koudougou, Burkina Faso
2
Laboratoire d’Energie Thermique Renouvelable (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
3
Department of Physics, University of Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic
Abstract
A three-dimensional approach to the effect of magnetic field incidence angle on
electrical power and conversion efficiency is performed on a front-illuminated
polycrystalline silicon bifacial solar cell. A solution of the continuity equation
allowed us to present the equations of photocurrent density, photovoltage
and electric power. The influence of the angle of incidence of the magnetic
field on the photocurrent density, the photovoltage and the electric power has
been studied. The curves of electrical power versus dynamic junction velocity
were used to extract the values of maximum electrical power and dynamic
junction velocity and to calculate those of conversion efficiency. From this
study, it is found that the conversion efficiency values increase with the angle
of incidence of the magnetic field.
Keywords
Angle of Incidence, Magnetic Field, Electric Power, Bifacial Solar Cell,
Conversion Efficiency
1. Introduction
Since the discovery of the photovoltaic solar cell in 1954 by the BELL laborato-
How to cite this paper: Sourabié, I., de
Dieu Bokoyo Barandja, V., Savadogo, M.,
Konaté, R., Gnabahou, A.D., Zoungra, M.,
Zerbo, I. and Ouattara, F. (2022) Three-
Dimensional Study of the Effect of the
Angle of Incidence of a Magnetic Field on
the Electrical Power and Conversion Effi-
ciency of a Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cell
under Multispectral Illumination. Smart Grid
and Renewable Energy, 13, 295-304.
https://doi.org/10.4236/sgre.2022.1312018
Received: November 4, 2022
Accepted: December 27, 2022
Published: December 30, 2022
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