%0 Journal Article
%T Performance Study of Silicon-Based Multi-Junction Solar Cell
%A Kamrunnahar Kali
%A Mohammad Ashraful Islam
%A Must. Asma Yasmin
%A Sangita Das
%A Komol Kanta Sharker
%J Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering
%P 91-98
%@ 2168-1570
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/cweee.2019.84006
%X This paper presents a performance study of silicon-based multi-junction
(MJ) solar cell which is produced by Spectrolab is the most efficient solar
cell in the world, with a record efficiency of over 40%. The I-V
characteristics of solar cells were investigated for different environmental
conditions (both at indoor and outdoor). Photovoltaic (PV) parameters like
short circuit current (I<sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">SC</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">), open circuit voltage (V</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">OC</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">),
fill factor (FF) and efficiency (<i><span style=\"color:#333333;font-family:\" white-space:normal;background-color:#dff0d8;\"=\"\">?</span></i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">)
were evaluated for the fabricated cell. The fabricated</span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cell provides I-V characteristics curve which shows
that the maximum efficiency of the cell is obtained when the cell temperature
is lower. It was also observed that, efficiencies of the cells are about 17% to
24% at indoor and 7% to 20% at outdoor</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and fill factors are 0.40 to 0.71. From the result</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> it can also be found that fill factor is directly
affected by the values of the cells series and shunt resistance.</span></span></span></span>
%K Multijunction (MJ) Solar Cell
%K Photovoltaic Performance
%K Efficiency  Enhancement
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=95041