A Simple and Accurate Modeling Method for Photovoltaic Cells Using Explicit Equations

Abstract:

A numerical method for determining the five-parameter model of photovoltaic cells is presented in the paper. Explicit equations are applied to analyze the relations between parameters and determine their values by optimization algorithm. Unlike previous works, the application of explicit equations and the simple algorithm make the proposed method very simple. The proposed method is validated by Shell S65 .It is found that the proposed method gives superior results not only on standard but also on operating conditions of photovoltaic cells. Considering its simplicity and accuracy the method can be applied in practice widely.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 724-725)
• Pages: 17-21
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.724-725.17
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiang Yu Kong, Yong Hai Xu, Ya Wen Zeng, Shun Tao, Xiang Ning Xiao
• Keywords: Exhaustive Algorithm, Explicit Equation, Five-Parameter Model, Lambert w Function

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