Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2018, 9, 43-56
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DOI: 10.4236/sgre.2018.93004 Mar. 30, 2018 43 Smart Grid and Renewable Energy
Analysis of T-Coefficients Using the Columnar
Cylindrical Orientation of Solar Cell Grain
Serigne Ndiangue Leye
1,2
, Ibrahima Fall
1
, Senghane Mbodji
1,2
, Papa Lat Tabara Sow
1
,
Gregoire Sissoko
2
1
Research Team in Renewable Energies, Materials and Laser of Department of Physics, Alioune DIOP University of Bambey,
Bambey, Senegal
2
Laboratory of Semiconductors and Solar Energy, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Cheikh Anta Diop
University, Dakar, Senegal
Abstract
We report the study of the temperature dependance of the performance
electronic parameters of an N-P solar cell by considering as model, the co-
lumnar cylindrical orientation associated to the dynamic junction velocity
(SF) concept. We presented the photocurrent-photovoltage (I-V) and Pow-
er-photovoltage (P-V) characteristic curves. The short-circuit photocurrent
(I
sc
), the open circuit photovoltage (U
oc
), the fill factor (FF) and the efficiency
(η) are linearly dependent on the temperature. The temperature coefficients
(T-coefficient) relative to the short-circuit, open-circuit photovoltage and ef-
ficiency are calculated and the comparison with data from the literature
showed the accuracy of the considered model.
Keywords
Polycrystalline, Solar Cell, Junction Recombination Velocity, Temperature
1. Introduction
The photovoltaic effect was first discovered in 1839 by Edmond Becquerel [1].
The photosensitive properties of selenium and the photovoltaic effect in
semi-conductors were developed in 1873 by Willough Smith and in 1875 by
Werner Von Siemens, respectively [1]. The first solar cell made of selenium and
gold with a 1% of efficiency [1] was then created by Charles Fritts in 1883. Since
then, several research projects have significantly increased the efficiency of solar
cell’s to reach 22.9% in 2015 for a crystalline silicon solar cell under the global
AM1.5 spectrum (1000 W/m
2
) at 25˚C [2]. Due to the improved manufacturing
How to cite this paper: Leye, S.N., Fall, I.,
Mbodji, S., Sow, P.L.T. and Sissoko, G.
(2018) Analysis of T-Coefficients Using the
Columnar Cylindrical Orientation of Solar
Cell Grain. Smart Grid and Renewable
Energy, 9, 43-56.
https://doi.org/10.4236/sgre.2018.93004
Received: February 26, 2018
Accepted: March 27, 2018
Published: March 30, 2018
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