Effect of Junction Cell Temperature and Geographical Coordinates on The Electrical Performances of a Photovoltaic Module

Abstract

After the absorption of the photons, during the photovoltaic conversion process, one part of the radiation remains unabsorbed causing the cell to overheat and thus a drop in efficiency. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of junction temperature, geographic coordinates as well as the season on the electrical performance of the photovoltaic cell. The results obtained show that the junction temperature has an effect which is not favorable on the electrical efficiency of the module for high temperatures around midday which is of 11% however it reaches 14% for low temperatures in the morning. Geographical coordinates at different altitudes, have no effect on the energy produced from the module, but the effect of the season on the efficiency confirms the previous results, that, the efficiency is good for low temperatures. The results are obtained by simulation, through a computer code in FORTRAN language, designed for this purpose.  This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.