Fig 1.
Prototype structure of solar cells (a), the equivalent circuit used to simulate I-V curve of solar cells based on single-diode model (b) and the standard I-V characteristic of solar cells (c).
Fig 2.
The change in values of Rs and Rp within five loop iterations, the final fixed values are used in ACT approach for the parameters extraction.
Fig 3.
The workspace of the established software application, which is used to extract the PV cells and modules parameters based on ACT.
Table 1.
Calculated/simulated results for single-diode model of R.T.C.
France solar cell obtained using ACT.
Table 2.
Comparison of different parameters extraction methods for single-diode model of R.T.C.
France solar cell.
Table 3.
Calculated/simulated results for single-diode model of PVM 752 GaAs thin film cell achieved using ACT.
Table 4.
Comparison of different parameter extraction methods with the proposed ACT tested for single-diode model of PVM 752 GaAs thin film cell.
Table 5.
Calculated/simulated results for single-diode model of Photowatt-PWP201 module tested using ACT.
Table 6.
Comparison of ACT with other existing methods that extract different parameters of single-diode model intended for Photowatt-PWP201 module.
Fig 4.
Simulated and experimental currents for single-diode model of Photowatt-PWP201 solar module (a) and their I-V curves (b).
Table 7.
ACT simulation-based results for single-diode model of Leibold Solar Module (LSM 20) operated at 24°C under outdoor sunlight intensity of 360 W/m2.
Table 8.
ACT simulation-based results for single-diode model of Leybold Solar Module (STE 4/100) at 22°C under indoor light intensity of 900 W/m2.