The effect of temperature and solar intensity on performance of commercial silicon solar cell as case study en nahud town

Abstract EN

The objective of this research is to study the variation of temperature and solar intensity on the performance of commercial silicon solar cells.

this experiment was done at west Kordofan university, department of physics.

a silicon solar cell was positioned at 45° in the direction of the sun.

then the current-voltage relationship (i-v) was recorded every hour during the day.

the results in terms of i-v characteristics demonstrated that the short-circuit current increased linearly with the increase in temperature in the range of (26-33) ° c, while the open-circuit voltage decreased logarithmically.

on the other hand, the fill factor was found to be in the range of 72-78, and the corresponding efficiency was in the range of (6-11%).

this result showed that en-nahud town has a high solar intensity of approximately 1000 w/m².

therefore, it is found to be a perfect chosen area for providing solar cell investigations and projects in different renewable energy applications.