MOOLJI JAITHA COLLEGE JALGAON DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS F.Y.B.

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SOLAR CELL
Title:- Study of solar cell characteristics and efficiency. Aim:- Study of characteristics of semiconductor Solar cell and calculation
of fill factor, power efficiency.

Appa at!":- Solar cell panel, lux meter, digital Multimeter(DMM) or Volt
meter -! V,milliameter -" Ci c!it Dia# am:% % %
Solar cell DMM

m#, resistance $ox.

m#

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'ig(():)ircuit Diagram

O$"e %ati&' Ta$le:

O$". N&. (&lta#e ( C! e't I mA C! e't I I )*-+,AP&.e ( * (+att)

) / + 0 1 2 3 4 5 )* )) )/ )+ )0 )1 )2 )3 )4 )5 /* Maximum ,ower (mIm 6777.+att.

F& m!la !"e8 :'ill 'actor '.' Vm *m *sc Voc

- ---------+here Vm *m is the Maximum power *sc is short circuit current Voc is the open circuit .oltage

'.' Voc *sc /fficiency of solar cell 0 #rea of solar cell Solar intensity of panel

1$ser.ations :Short )ircuit )urrent *sc- -----------m#, +hen 231pen )ircuit Voltage Voc - --------- V, +hen 23- ,ower Voc*sc -44..+att Maximum ,ower *m Vm - ---------- +att (from calculation and graph) Solar *ntensity - ---------- +5m! #rea of solar panel. 3ength of one solar cell. - ------- cm +idth of one solar cell --------- cm #rea of one solar cell(a) - --------- cm! (a)------------m! 6um$er of solar cells in solar panel (6) - ------#rea of the solar panel - 6 a - ------- m!

P &ce8! e:)onnect the circuit as shown in figure. Measure short circuit current *sc +hen load resistance is 7ero or short circuited. Measure open circuit .oltage Voc when load resistance is infinite or one terminal of wire is open. 6ow .ary the load resistance from " ohm to " ohm and note down the .oltage and current. )alculate power for each .oltage and current .alues. 'ind out the maximum power from o$ser.ation 8a$le and called it as Vm *m - -----Measure the area of the solar cell panel. Measure solar intensity radiation using 3ux Meter. ,lot a graph of current against .oltage .ariation of the graph is shown $elow.

Nat! e &9 G ap: :

*sc *max )urrent(m#)

,max

Vmax

Voc

Voltage(V)

Re"!lt:8hus the efficiency of the solar cell and 'ill 'actor is o$ser.ed.