Fig 1.
A prototype architecture of solar cells (a), the equivalent circuit used to model the I-V characteristics of the devices (b), and workbench view of the simulated equivalent circuit by using Multisim Power Pro.10.
Fig 2.
The impact of series resistance on the I-V characteristic curve of a simulated solar cell with efficiency of 10%.
Fig 3.
The impact of parallel resistance on the I-V characteristic curve of a simulated solar cell having efficiency of 10%.
Fig 4.
The impact of annealing temperature on the I-V characteristics of a simulated solar cell with efficiency of 10%.
Fig 5.
The impact of ideality factor on the I-V characteristics of a simulated solar cell with efficiency of 10%.
Fig 6.
The impact of series resistance (Rs) on the short circuit current (Isc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 7.
The impact of parallel resistance (Rp) on the short circuit current (Isc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 8.
The impact of cell temperature (T) on the short circuit current (Isc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 9.
The impact of parallel resistance (Rp) on the open circuit voltage (Voc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 10.
The impact of cell temperature (T) on the open circuit voltage (Voc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 11.
The impact of ideality factor (n) on the open circuit voltage (Voc) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 12.
The impact of series resistance (Rs) on the fill factor (FF) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 13.
The impact of parallel resistance (Rp) on the fill factor (FF) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 14.
The impact of cell temperature (T) on the fill factor (FF) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 15.
The impact of ideality factor (n) on the fill factor (FF) of solar cells with various efficiencies.
Fig 16.
The impact of series resistance (Rs) on the efficiency (η) of solar cells with various energy gaps of their active layer.
Fig 17.
The impact of parallel resistance (Rp) on the efficiency (η) of solar cells with various energy gaps of their active layer.
Fig 18.
The impact of cell temperature (T) on the efficiency (η) of solar cells with various energy gaps of their active layer.
Fig 19.
The impact of ideality factor (n) on the efficiency (η) of solar cells with various energy gaps of their active layer.