Extraction of Saturation Current and Ideality Factor from Measuring Voc and Isc of Photovoltaic Modules

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Module</td><td class="align_center">CIS</td><td class="align_center">a-Si:H</td><td class="align_center">EFG-Si</td><td class="align_center">Multi-Si</td><td class="align_center">Mono-Si</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">n</td><td class="align_center">1.38</td><td class="align_center">1.71</td><td class="align_center">1.07</td><td class="align_center">1.15</td><td class="align_center">1.19</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">I0 (nA)</td><td class="align_center">486</td><td class="align_center">5.47</td><td class="align_center">1.28</td><td class="align_center">5.82</td><td class="align_center">40.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Parameters (n and I0) obtained for various module technologies from Voc-Isc measurements.

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Table 6: Extraction of Saturation Current and Ideality Factor from Measuring Voc and Isc of Photovoltaic Modules