Solar Cell

I ph
Photo current
1.01 mA
Saturation current I s 1.00E-10 A
Measure
Voltage
V
Current
I
Power generated P

0.7 V
0.95 mA
0.67 mW

Current (mA), Power (mW) .

Solar cell I-V and P-V characteristics

Bart Van Zeghbroeck 1997

1.2

1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0

0.5
Voltage (V)

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Enter the resistance value of the

external load to find the power
delivered to the load
700
External load
R
750 Ohm
Calculated parameters
Voltage
V
0.71 V
Current
I
0.94 mA
Power generated P
0.66 mW

Solar cell I-V and P-V characteristics

1.2
Current (mA), Power (mW) .

Bart Van Zeghbroeck 1997

0.66

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0

0.5
Voltage (V)

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Is
1.00E-13
dV
0.007748
V
0
0.007748
0.015496
0.023244
0.030992
0.038739
0.046487
0.054235
0.061983
0.069731
0.077479
0.085227
0.092975
0.100723
0.108471
0.116218
0.123966
0.131714
0.139462
0.14721
0.154958
0.162706
0.170454
0.178202
0.185949
0.193697
0.201445
0.209193
0.216941
0.224689
0.232437
0.240185
0.247933
0.255681

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Pin

Vt
0.025875
I
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01

k
T
1.38E-23
P
0
0.007825
0.015651
0.023476
0.031301
0.039127
0.046952
0.054778
0.062603
0.070428
0.078254
0.086079
0.093904
0.10173
0.109555
0.117381
0.125206
0.133031
0.140857
0.148682
0.156507
0.164333
0.172158
0.179984
0.187809
0.195634
0.20346
0.211285
0.21911
0.226936
0.234761
0.242587
0.250412
0.258237

300

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0.263428
0.271176
0.278924
0.286672
0.29442
0.302168
0.309916
0.317664
0.325412
0.333159
0.340907
0.348655
0.356403
0.364151
0.371899
0.379647
0.387395
0.395143
0.402891
0.410638
0.418386
0.426134
0.433882
0.44163
0.449378
0.457126
0.464874
0.472622
0.48037
0.488117
0.495865
0.503613
0.511361
0.519109
0.526857
0.534605
0.542353
0.550101
0.557848
0.565596
0.573344
0.581092

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1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.01
1.009999
1.009999
1.009999
1.009999
1.009998
1.009997
1.009997
1.009995
1.009994
1.009991
1.009988
1.009984
1.009979
1.009972
1.009962
1.009948
1.00993
1.009906
1.009873
1.009829
1.009769
1.009689
1.00958
1.009433

0.266063
0.273888
0.281713
0.289539
0.297364
0.30519
0.313015
0.32084
0.328666
0.336491
0.344316
0.352142
0.359967
0.367793
0.375618
0.383443
0.391269
0.399094
0.406919
0.414745
0.42257
0.430395
0.43822
0.446045
0.45387
0.461695
0.46952
0.477344
0.485168
0.492991
0.500814
0.508635
0.516455
0.524273
0.532089
0.539901
0.547707
0.555507
0.563298
0.571076
0.578837
0.586574

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0.58884
0.596588
0.604336
0.612084
0.619832
0.62758
0.635327
0.643075
0.650823
0.658571
0.666319
0.674067
0.681815
0.689563
0.697311
0.705058
0.712806
0.720554
0.728302
0.73605
0.743798
0.751546
0.759294
0.767042
0.77479

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1.009236
1.008969
1.008609
1.008123
1.007468
1.006584
1.005392
1.003783
1.001613
0.998685
0.994734
0.989405
0.982215
0.972516
0.95943
0.941777
0.91796
0.885829
0.842482
0.784002
0.705106
0.598669
0.455074
0.261351
7.39E-14

0.594278
0.601939
0.609538
0.617056
0.624461
0.631712
0.638753
0.645508
0.651873
0.657705
0.66281
0.666925
0.669689
0.670611
0.669021
0.664008
0.654328
0.638288
0.613581
0.577064
0.524457
0.449927
0.345535
0.200467
5.73E-14

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Res

Iph

0.75
1.01
0
0
q
0.77479 1.033053
1.60E-19 V
V
0.679972
0.7575
0.71581
0.699758
0.708186
0.679972 0.703972
0.67324 0.706225
0.705099 0.94167 0.663971
0.705099
0
0.705099 0.94167
0 0.94167

I
0.7
0.7
0.7
0

P
0.953891 0.667724
0
0.953891
0.953891

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