A Simple Artificial Solar Cell for Laboratory Study

Abstract:

Using actual solar cells for laboratory study may encounter some problems related to uncontrollable test environment and large operating area. Artificial solar cells which can provide electric properties similar to the actual cells but with controllable test features and less operating area therefore are usually used instead. However, most artificial solar cells relatively have high cost and complex. This paper presents an alternative structure of artificial cells. The proposed artificial solar cell consists of a DC current source, a string of series diodes, a diode and two resistors. As only few elements are used for the cell, the proposed cell can achieve simple configuration, small in size, light in weight and inexpensive. The experimental results show that the proposed cell can generate correct electrical outputs with the error less than 5% compared to the actual cell.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 931-932)
• Pages: 957-961
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.931-932.957
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Chonlatee Photong*
• Keywords: Artificial Module, Solar Cell, Solar Laboratory

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