The dark saturation current of a solar cell is 1.6X10-8 A/m2 , the cell temperature is 333 K, the shortcircuit current density is 194 A/m2 , Vmax is 0.436 V and the available solar radiation is 805 W/m2 . The Boltzmann’s gas constant is 1.381X10-23 J/K and the electronic charge is 1.602X10-19 J/V. Calculate i) Open-circuit voltage (Voc) ii) Current density at maximum power (Imax) iii) Maximum power (Pmax) and iv) % Maximum efficiency (ηmax).

The dark saturation current of a solar cell is 1.6X10-8 A/m2 , the cell temperature is 333 K, the shortcircuit current density is 194 A/m2 , Vmax is 0.436 V and the available solar radiation is 805 W/m2 . The Boltzmann’s gas constant is 1.381X10-23 J/K and the electronic charge is 1.602X10-19 J/V. Calculate i) Open-circuit voltage (Voc) ii) Current density at maximum power (Imax) iii) Maximum power (Pmax) and iv) % Maximum efficiency (ηmax).

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