Experimental Characterisation of Photovoltaic Modules with Cells Connected in Different Configurations to Address Nonuniform Illumination Effect

Table 2

The specifications of the 11 BP Saturn solar cell used in the current study. These electrical data apply for 800 W/m² solar irradiance, average cell temperature of 18°C, AM¹1.5 spectrum, and ambient temperature of 20°C [43].

	Cell No.	(mA)	(V)	(mW)	FF^5 (%)	η^6 (%)
Cell specification	1	240.20	0.58	80.74	57.95	10.29
	2	240.90	0.58	79.57	56.95	10.14
	3	244.72	0.59	83.38	57.75	10.62
	4	248.14	0.59	82.61	56.43	10.53
	5	242.61	0.59	77.39	54.07	9.86
	6	241.79	0.59	81.79	57.34	10.42
	7	246.58	0.59	85.03	58.45	10.84
	8	245.96	0.59	85.19	58.71	10.86
	9	246.53	0.59	84.31	57.96	10.74
	10	244.79	0.59	77.90	53.93	9.93
	11	240.85	0.59	82.05	57.74	10.45
	Average	243.92	0.59	81.81	57.02	10.30

¹AM is air mass
² is short-circuit current
³ is open-circuit voltage
⁴ is power output at maximum power point
⁵FF is the fill factor
⁶η is solar cell conversion efficiency