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1. Calculate the filling factor of a photovoltaic cell
whose dimensions are 15 cm per side, and a thickness of 200 µm of
which 99% correspond to the “p” type absorbent layer and where
there is also a amount of 13500 electrons. The thickness of the
space loading region junction is 200 nm.
The cell is subjected to standard test conditions, which produces
every second a generation of electron-hollow pairs of 2.0x10¹⁹ cm⁻³
and which translates into an increase in its density of 4.0x10¹³
cm⁻³. The efficiency of the cell is measured at 20%.
Consider that the cell is in thermal equilibrium (300K), its
prohibited band is 1.12 eV and that the mobility coefficients are
1360 cm² / Vs for electrons and 450 cm² / Vs for holes.