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Critical Factors that Affecting Efficiency of Solar Cells

2010; Scientific Research Publishing; Volume: 01; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4236/sgre.2010.11007

2151-4844

Furkan Dinçer, Mehmet Emin Meral,

Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device which generates electricity directly from visible light. However, their efficiency is fairly low. So, the solar cell costs expensive according to other energy resources products. Several factors affect solar cell efficiency. This paper presents the most important factors that affecting efficiency of solar cells. These effects are cell temperature, MPPT (maximum power point tracking) and energy conversion efficiency. The changing of these factors improves solar cell efficiency for more reliable applications.