Evaluation and Comparison of Performance of Solar PV Cell in Different Configurations

Abstract

This study proposes unique originating design for generating more power by using plane mirror reflection of light propagating towards solar cells of solar photovoltaic systems and usage of air cooling to the PV cells when solar PV cells cross optimal temperature limit. This study provides novel methods for justifying this type of framework outline as well as preliminary findings about the use of a uni-directional reflectance function. In this study, the advantages of employing a plane mirror as a reflector for photovoltaic applications are quantified, as is the usage of a plane mirror in conjunction with solar PV cells that are exposed to air as a cooling medium. Shade, the sun’s sporadic nature, and dust reduce the total quantity of incoming radiation on a PV panel, which affects the panel’s efficiency. The impact of therefore mentioned problems was minimized by the employment of a plane mirror, which ultimately increases radiation to the solar cells. When solar PV cells are exposed to both direct and reflected light at the same time, their temperature crosses the optimal temperature threshold and efficiency begins to decline. By using a cooling medium, efficiency may be increased once again. The performance of a silicon polycrystalline PV module with a mirror reflector and a solar cell with a plane mirror exposed to air as a cooling medium is experimentally measured, and its performance with and without the mirror are contrasted. The efficacy of solar PV cells with plane