Theoretical temperature dependence of solar cell parameters

✍ Scribed by John C.C. Fan

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Weight: 304 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-6787
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-6787(86)90020-7

✦ Synopsis

A simple formulation has been derived for the temperature dependence of cell parameters for any solar cell material. Detailed calculations have been performed for high-quality monocrystanine GaAs, Si and Ge cells. Preliminary experimental data for GaAs and Si cells are close to the calculated values. In general, the higher the energy gap of a material, the smaller is the temperature dependence of its solar cell parameters.