Application of alternative integration methods, to obtain more accurate photovoltaic devices’ parameters, through refinement of the Co-Content function, for Current-Voltage curves with a percentage noise of the short circuit current, measured in the zero volt to open-circuit voltage range

Application of alternative integration methods, to obtain more accurate photovoltaic devices’ parameters, through refinement of the Co-Content function, for Current-Voltage curves with a percentage noise of the short circuit current, measured in the zero volt to open-circuit voltage range | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Application of alternative integration methods, to obtain more accurate photovoltaic devices’ parameters, through refinement of the Co-Content function, for Current-Voltage curves with a percentage noise of the short circuit current, measured in the zero volt to open-circuit voltage range Victor-Tapio Rangel-Kuoppa This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4777915/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 12 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract In this article, the application of the Newton-Cotes quadrature formula, the 3/8 rule, the Boole’s rule, and order 5 and 6 integration techniques, are explored to refine the Co-Content function, of Current-Voltage (IV) measurements done between 0 V and the open circuit voltage, which include a percentage noise of the short circuit current. Their impact on the extraction of the five photovoltaic devices’ parameters (within the one-diode model) is investigated and reported. The shunt resistance, series resistance, ideality factor, and photocurrent can be obtained with less than 10 % error, using these integration techniques and 101 measured points per volt, when the percentage noise is 0.05 % or less, of the short circuit current. It is not possible to obtain the saturation current with less than 10 % error. These integration techniques are implemented in photovoltaic devices, such as solar cells and single-crystalline silicon, CdTe, CIGS, and heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer solar panels IV curves, to extract the five solar cell parameters. PACS: 73.50.Pz, 73.61.−r, 84.60.Jt, 85.30.−z, 85.30.De, 88.40.−j Parameter deduction solar cell solar panel Co-Content function saturation current light current ideality factor series resistance shunt resistance Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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