Assessment of Explicit Models for Different Photovoltaic Technologies

Santiago Pindado, Javier Cubas, Elena Roibás-Millán, Francisco Bugallo-Siegel and Félix Sorribes-Palmer
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Santiago Pindado: Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Pza. del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Javier Cubas: Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Pza. del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Elena Roibás-Millán: Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Pza. del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Francisco Bugallo-Siegel: Departamento of Sistemas Aeroespaciales, Transporte Aéreo y Aeropuertos (SATAA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Pza. del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Félix Sorribes-Palmer: Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Pza. del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: Accurate and simple mathematical models are usually required to assess the performances of photovoltaic devices. In particular, it is common practice to use explicit models to evaluate the current–voltage ( I – V ) performance curves, mainly based on simple analytical expressions that enable the parameters determination with a little computational effort. Six different explicit photovoltaic models (i.e., explicit I – V equations) by different authors (Akbaba & Alattawi; El-Tayyan; Karmalkar & Haneefa; Das/Saetre et al.; Das; and Pindado & Cubas) are analyzed and compared. This comparison is carried out by fitting these models to eight I – V curves for different technologies, including Si, Si polycrystalline, Ga–As, and plastic solar cells. The accuracy of each model depends on the photovoltaic technology to which it is applied. The best fit to each I – V curve studied is normally obtained with a different model, with an average deviation under 2% in terms of short-circuit current (normalized RMSE). In general, the model proposed by Karmalkar & Haneefa shows the highest level of accuracy, and is a good fit for all I – V curves studied.

Keywords: solar cell; solar panel; photovoltaic modeling; explicit equation; parameter extraction; plastic solar cell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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