Research Article

Study of Temperature Coefficients for Parameters of Photovoltaic Cells

Table 1

The absolute temperature coefficients for the important parameters of the photovoltaic cells.

PV (W/m2) (mV °C−1) (mA °C−1) (mW °C−1) (% °C−1)

mSi400−2.360.265−0.251−0.138
600−2.320.375−0.419−0.141
800−2.270.465−0.551−0.147
1000−2.240.537−0.691−0.162

pSi400−2.290.108−0.07−0.122
600−2.270.147−0.103−0.130
800−2.240.191−0.128−0.139
1000−2.190.215−0.163−0.147

aSi400−8.530.00727−0.0101−0.026
600−8.360.0106−0.0158−0.031
800−8.30.0151−0.0208−0.0411
1000−8.090.0187−0.0268−0.0487

InGaP/InGaAs/Ge400−7.460.0125−0.016−5.49E − 4
600−7.210.0158−0.027−5.6E − 4
800−7.050.0194−0.032−5.76E − 4
1000−6.930.0253−0.040−5.99E − 4