Expermental Comparison For The Performance of Circular And Square Solar Cell

Abstract

An    Experimental     comparison     between     the     current-voltage

characteristic and    the  efficiency    conversion from  solar  to  electric energy   were studied  for square  and circular  single crystal  silicon  solar

cell of equal area (35.28  cm2)  . The results show  that the solar shape is

an  important factor  in  calculating the  current-voltage characteristics and  efficiency of  the  solar  cell.  It was  shown   that  the  performance efficiency   of  the  square  cell  is  greater  by 8.19%  than  that    for  the circular cell of  equal area.

Although   the  packing  factor  for  the  square  cells  in  the  solar  panel

.reached  96%  compared   with  79%  for  that  for  circular   cells  panel panel, the final cost for the circular cel1s panel is less than square cells panel.