Describe the working principle of a Silicon Solar Cell. a) How the solar cell generates electricity?...

Describe the working principle of a Silicon Solar Cell.

a) How the solar cell generates electricity? Describe n/p doping, depletion region concepts.

b) Describe the meaning of Fill Factor. How do you calculate the fill factor? What can be the reasons of bad fill factor behavior?

c) A solar panel has an area of 0.5 m2 and illuminated with an irradiation of 1000W/m2 . Its open circuit voltage is 24 V and Short Circuit Current is 5.5 A. If the FF of the solar panel is 78%, then calculate the efficiency of the solar panel.

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In this question we described the principle ,working and mechanism in the silicon solar cell. In the last part..by using a simple relation, we calculated the efficiency of given solar cell.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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