Rеvuе des Energies Renouvelables
Volume 13, Numéro 2, Pages 283-294
2010-06-30

The Effect Of Solar Spectral Irradiance And Temperature On The Electrical Characteristics Of A Zno-sio2-si (n) Photovoltaic Structure

Authors : Bouzid F. . Ben Machich S. .

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present an analytic study of the impact of changing solar spectrum and temperature on the performance and electrical characteristics of a MIS solar cell. With this intention, one simulation of the spectral response and the current-voltage characteristic was carried out using a simulation program designed under ‘Visual Basic 5’ language for this reason. Our study is made on a ZnO-SiO2-Si (N) solar cell; it proves that the spectral response has higher collection efficiency for carriers generated by ultraviolet light and a conversion efficiency of about 18 % can be obtained under AM1 solar spectrum and at ambient temperature. The results presented indicate also that the increase in solar cell’s temperature results a degradation of their performances.

Keywords

MIS solar cell, Solar spectrum, Spectral response, I (V) characteristics, Temperature.