An explicit J–V model of a solar cell for simple fill factor calculation

The J–V equation of a solar cell is implicit and requires iterative calculation to determine the fill factor and the maximum power point. Here an explicit model for J–V characteristic is proposed which is applicable to a large variety of solar cell. This model allows an easy estimation of fill factor from four simple measurements of the bias points corresponding toVoc, Jsc, and any two voltage values lying between 0 and Voc, where Voc is the open circuit voltage and Jsc is the short circuit current density.

Analytical derivation of equivalent functional form of explicit J–V model of an illuminated solar cell from physics based implicit model

Recently a simple explicit model was introduced to represent theJVcharacteristics of an illuminated solar cell with parasitic resistances and bias dependent photocurrent asj=(1vm)/(1+αv), here the normalized voltage,vand normalized current densityjcan be represented asv=V/V