Performance of Photovoltaic Modules of Different Solar Cells

Table 2

Design parameters of opaque and semitransparent PV modules.

Parameters	c-Si	Poly-Si	a-Si	CdTe	CIGS	a-Si/nc-Si	OPV
𝐴𝑚 (m^2)
Com.	0.646	0.598	1.17	0.72	0.72	1.054	—
Lab.	0.25	0.3006	0.29	0.325	0.507	0.401	0.487
𝛼𝑐	0.9	0.9	0.85	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6
𝛽𝑐	0.89	0.89	1	1	1	1	1
𝛽0	0.0062; [15]	0.0049; [16]	0.001; [15]	0.002; [16]	0.0031; [15]	0.0023; [17]	0.002; [calculated]
𝜂𝑚0 (%) Com.	14.2; [18]	12.53; [18]	6.4; [19]	10.4; [20]	10.42; [21]	8.5; [22]	—
𝛼𝑇	0.5
𝜏𝑔	0.95
ℎ0 (W/m^2 K)	5.7+3.8𝑣; 𝑣=0.5 m/s
ℎ𝑖 (W/m^2 K)	2.8+3.0𝑣; 𝑣=0.2 m/s
𝐿𝑔 (m)	0.003
𝐾𝑔 (W/m K)	1.1
𝐿𝑇 (m)	0.0005
𝐾𝑇 (W/m K)	0.033