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6.★★Researchanddevelopmentofphotovoltaicsreceiveditsfirstmajorboostfromthespaceindustryinthe1960s.
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1.★Aphotonischaracterizedbyeitherawavelength,denotedbyλ,orequivalentlyanenergy,denotedbyE.
2.★★Thereisaninverserelationshipbetweentheenergyofaphoton(E)andthewavelengthofthelight(λ)givenbytheequation:
,
.
3.★★Thephotonfluxisdefinedasthenumberofphotonspersecondperunitarea.
4.★★★Thetotalpowerdensityemittedfromalightsourcecanbecalculatedbyintegratingthespectralirradianceoverallwavelengthsorenergiesofinterest.
5.★★Intheanalysisofsolarcells,thephotonfluxisoftenneededaswellasthespectralirradiance.
6.★Theblackbodysourceswhichareofinteresttophotovoltaics,emitlightinthevisibleregion.
7.★★★ThespectralirradiancefromablackbodyisgivenbyPlank'
sradiationlaw.
8.★★Thepeakwavelengthofthespectralirradianceisdeterminedbydifferentiatingthespectralirradianceandsolvingthederivativewhenitequals0.TheresultisknownasWien‘sLaw:
9.★★★Solarradiationinspace:
.Hsun=5.961×
107W/m2.
10.★Thesolarradiationoutsidetheearth'
satmospherehavebeendefinedasastandardvaluecalledairmasszero(AM0)andtakesavalueof1.353kW/m2.
11.★Thespectralirradiancefromablackbodyat6000K(atthesameapparentdiameterasthesunwhenviewedfromearth);
fromthesun’sphotosphereasobservedjustoutsideearth’satmosphere(AM0);
andfromthesun’sphotosphereafterhavingpassedthrough1.5timesthethicknessofearth’satmosphere(AM1.5G).
12.★★TheAirMassisdefinedas:
.whereθistheanglefromthevertical(zenithangle).
13.★★Whenthesunisdirectlyoverhead,theAirMassis1.
14.★ThestandardspectrumattheEarth'
ssurfaceiscalledAM1.5G(theGstandsforglobalandincludesbothdirectanddiffuseradiation)orAM1.5D(whichincludesdirectradiationonly),thesecalculationsgiveapproximately970W/m2forAM1.5G。
15.★ThestandardAM1.5Gspectrumhasbeennormalizedtogive1kW/m2duetotheconvenienceoftheroundnumberandthefactthatthereareinherentlyvariationsinincidentsolarradiation.
16.★ThestandardspectrumoutsidetheEarth'
satmosphereiscalledAM0,becauseatnostagedoesthelightpassthroughtheatmosphere.
17.★ThestandardAM0spectrumistypicallyusedtopredicttheexpectedperformanceofcellsinspace.
18.★★★Wavelengthsbelow0.3μmarestronglyabsorbedbyozone.Theabsorptionbandsaround1μmareproducedbywatervaporabsorption,complementedbyCO2absorptionatlongerwavelengths.
19.★★★TheairmassrepresentstheproportionofatmospherethatthelightmustpassthroughbeforestrikingtheEarthrelativetoitsoverheadpathlength.
20.★★Diffuseradiationispredominantlyattheblueendofthespectrumbecauseofmoreeffectivescatteringatsmallwavelengths.Hence,theskyappearsblue.
21.★★AM1radiation(radiationwhenthesunisdirectlyoverhead),hasadiffusecomponentofabout10%whenskiesareclear.
22.★★★Carbondioxideabsorbsstronglyinthe13-19μmwavelengthbandandwatervapour,anotheratmosphericgas,absorbsstronglyinthe4-7μmwavelengthband.Mostoutgoingradiation(70%)escapesinthe“window”between7-13μm.
23.★★Thetwocommonmethodswhichcharacterizesolarradiationarethesolarradiance(orradiation)andsolarinsolation.
24.★★Whilesolarirradianceismostcommonlymeasured,amorecommonformofradiationdatausedinsystemdesignisthesolarinsolation.
25.★ThesolarradianceisaninstantaneouspowerdensityinunitsofkW/m2.
26.★★Thesolarinsolationisthetotalamountofsolarenergyreceivedataparticularlocationduringaspecifiedtimeperiod,ofteninunitsofkWh/(m2day),alsoinunitsofMJ/m2peryear.
27.★★TheaveragedailysolarinsolationinunitsofkWh/m2perdayissometimesreferredtoas“peaksunhours”.Forexample,alocationthatreceives8kWh/m2perdaycanbesaidtohavereceived8hoursofsunperdayat1kW/m2.
28.★Thedeclinationofthesunistheanglebetweentheequatorandalinedrawnfromthecentreoftheearthtothecentreofthesun.
29.★★★Thedeclinationofthesuniszeroattheequinoxes(March22andSeptember22),positiveduringthenorthernhemispheresummerandnegativeduringthenorthernhemispherewinter.
30.★★★Theelevationoraltitudeangleistheangularheightofthesunintheskymeasuredfromthehorizontal.Theelevationis0°
atsunriseand90°
whenthesunisdirectlyoverhead.
31.★★Thezenithangleissimilartotheelevationanglebutitismeasuredfromtheverticalratherthanfromthehorizontal.
32.★★★TheazimuthangleisthecompassdirectionfromwhichthesunlightiscomingwithNorth=0°
South=180°
90°
atsunriseand270°
atsunset.
33.★★Forafixedtiltangle,themaximumpoweroverthecourseofayearisobtainedwhenthetiltangleisequaltothelatitudeofthelocation.
34.★Themoduleisorientatedtotheequatorsoitfacesnorthinthesouthernhemisphereandsouthinthenorthernhemisphere.
35.★★Thesunisatanaltitudeof30°
tothehorizontal,thecorrespondingairmassis2.
36.★★Thelengthoftheshadowcastbyaverticalpostwithaheightof1munderAM1.5illuminationis.
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1.★★Themostimportantparametersofasemiconductormaterialforsolarcelloperationare:
(1)thebandgap;
(2)thenumberoffreecarriersavailableforconduction;
(3)thegenerationandrecombinationoffreecarriersinresponsetolightshiningonthematerial.
2.★Theelectricalpropertiesofsemiconductorscanbeexplainedusingtwomodels,thebondandthebandmodels.
3.★★Thebandmodeldescribessemiconductorbehaviorintermsoftheenergylevelbetweenvalenceandconductionbands.
4.★★Thelowerenergylevelofasemiconductoriscalledthe"
valenceband"
(EV)andtheenergylevelatwhichanelectroncanbeconsideredfreeiscalledthe"
conductionband"
(EC).Thebandgap(EG)isthedistancebetweentheconductionbandandvalenceband.
5.★Thebandgapcorrespondstotheminimumenergyneededtoreleaseanelectronfromavalencebondtotheconductionbandwhereitcanconductacurrent.
6.★★★Boththeelectronandholecanparticipateinconductionandarecalled"
carriers"
7.★★Itispossibletoshiftthebalanceofelectronsandholesinasiliconcrystallatticeby"
doping"
itwithotheratoms.
8.★★Atomswithonemorevalenceelectronthansiliconareusedtoproduce"
n-type"
semiconductormaterial,whichaddselectronstotheconductionbandandhenceincreasesthenumberofelectrons.
9.★★★Inp-typematerial,thenumberofelectronstrappedinbondsishigher,thuseffectivelyincreasingthenumberofholes.
10.★★Indopedmaterial,thereisalwaysmoreofonetypeofcarrierthantheotherandthetypeofcarrierwiththehigherconcentrationiscalleda"
majoritycarrier"
whilethelowerconcentrationcarrieriscalleda"
minoritycarrier"
11.★★★Thenumberofcarriersintheconductionandvalencebandwithnoexternallyappliedbiasiscalledtheintrinsiccarrierconcentration.
12.★★★Formajoritycarriers,theequilibriumcarrierconcentrationisequaltotheintrinsiccarrierconcentrationplusthenumberoffreecarriersaddedbydopingthesemiconductor.
13.★★Siliconorothersemiconductormaterialsusedforsolarcellscanbesinglecrystalline,multicrystalline,polycrystallineoramorphous.
14.★★Terminologyforvarioustypesofcrystallinesilicon(c-Si)
Descriptor
Symbol
GrainSize
CommonGrowthTechniques
Singlecrystal
sc-Si
>
10cm
Czochralski(CZ)floatzone(FZ)
Multicrystalline
mc-Si
1mm-10cm
Cast,sheet,ribbon
Polycrystalline
pc-Si
1μm-1mm
Chemical-vapordeposition
Microcrystalline
c-Si
<
1μm
Plasmadeposition
15.★★★Ithasbeenfoundthattheincorporationofatomichydrogeninamorphoussilicon,toalevelof5–10%,saturatesthedanglingbondsandimprovesthequalityofthematerial.
16.★★Theminoritycarrierdiffusionlengthsinthesilicon-hydrogenalloys(a-Si:
H)aremuchlessthan1μm.
17.★★Photonsincidentonthesurfaceofasemiconductorwillbeeitherreflectedfromthetopsurface,willbeabsorbedinthematerialor,failingeitheroftheabovetwoprocesses,willbetransmittedthroughthematerial.
18.★Forphotovoltaicdevices,reflectionandtransmissionaretypicallyconsideredlossmechanismsasphotonswhicharenotabsorbeddonotgeneratepower.
19.★★★Ifthephotonisabsorbeditwillraiseanelectronfromthevalencebandtotheconductionband.
20.★Theabsorptiondepthisausefulparameterwhichgivesthedistanceintothematerialatwhichthelightdropstoabout36%ofitsoriginalintensity,oralternatelyhasdroppedbyafactorof1/e.
21.★★Neglectingreflection,theamountoflightwhichisabsorbedbyamaterialdependsontheabsorptioncoefficientandthethicknessoftheabsorbingmaterial.
22.★★★Assumingthatthelossinlightintensity(i.e.,theabsorptionofphotons)directlycausesthegenerationofa