Do solar panels work better on high temperature, like if a flat mirror is use in order to direct more insolation on the panel, what will be effected more, the voltage or current
Increase in ambinet Temperaure will Decrease the Efficiency of Solar Panel. all the solar panel are testes for standard testing condition of 25 degree centigrade. From knowing the Tempraure Coefficient of the Solar panel one can find the effect of temprature on the solar panel, for example if the Temperature coefficient of a solar panel is -0.25 then the efficiency of solar panel will decreses of 0.25% for each degree rise in temperature over 25 degree centigrade. Rise in Temprature will affect the Volatge output.
As the temperature of the solar panel increases, its output current increases exponentially, while the voltage output is reduced linearly. In fact, the voltage reduction is so predictable, that it can be used to accurately measure temperature. As a result, heat can severely reduce the solar panel's production of power.
Mart Dave
With flat reflector integration power production improved of the solar module. Solar cell current is linearly correlated with the incident solar radiation. As the concentration increases above 25%, the PV module conversion efficiency starts to reduce dominantly. For each 30 W/m2 increase of solar radiation, the PV module temperature rises 1°C. Due to high concentrated solar radiation, the recombination losses also increased in the solar cell and reduce the fill factor. The voltage temperature coefficient of the single-junction cell is approx. -0.2 to 0.4%/°C. The voltage of the solar cell is linearly related to module temperature and current is exponentially increased. therefore voltage of the solar module is
more affected by temperature rise.
Current increases while the voltage decreases due to the temperature effect on band gap of semiconductor. Temperature coefficient of power , voltage & current of a module can be seen in the datasheets of the respective modules.
The high temperature of the solar cell or photovoltaic module directly causes a decrease in the produced power. The module temperature depends mainly on the intensity of the solar radiation, as the greater part of the solar radiation is converted to the heat that the PV modules heats, and the smaller part of this radiation is converted to electricity. The cooling of the PV module improves the produced power, so the researchers suggested the use of solar collectors that withdraw heat from the PV module and purify it into building water or air heating systems, and thus the solar rays are used to supply electricity and generate appropriate heat to heat the building water or air.
I advise to read the following book:
Al-Waeli, Ali HA, Hussein A. Kazem, Miqdam Tariq Chaichan, and Kamaruzzaman Sopian. Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems: Principles, Design, and Applications. Springer Nature, 2019.
Link: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030278236
Dear Mart Dave ,
The increase in the temperature increases slightly the shortcircuit current while the open circuit voltage decreases in a a larger rate with temperature. This leads to an overall appreciable decrease of the photo conversion efficiency with temperature. For commertial solar cells, the temperature coefficients of PCE is given in the data sheet.
If you increase the insulation the output power increases as the Isc is proportional to it. The PCE will increase slightly with G. However, this increase may be off set with the temperature increase as a consequence of heating effect of increases illumination.
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The module temperature depends on the intensity of the solar insolation which in-hand reduces the efficiency of the solar panel. This is because there is a negative relationship between temperature with power and voltage respectively. An increase in current is evident with an increase in solar insolation, but the open circuit voltage is severely affected and this contributes to the module degradation.
You may read this paper that explains the idea practically.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9590896/
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