Modelling of solar cell characteristics considering the effect of electrical and environmental parameters

Abstract

This paper focuses on a generalized model of eco friendly green power technologies like photovoltaic cell using MATLAB. Fundamental mathematical equations based on equivalent circuit of solar photovoltaic cell are used to set up the model. This model shows an overall performance of Photovoltaic cell characteristics by analyzing different types of electrical and environmental parameters. In this paper, MATLAB is used to investigate the I-V and P-V characteristics of solar photovoltaic cell considering the effect of temperature, solar radiation, ideality factor, series resistance and shunt resistance of solar cell, number of cells in PV array and reverse saturation current.