International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2575

Full Length Research Paper

Photovoltaic solar cell simulation of shockley diode parameters in matlab

Awodugba, A. O.*, Sanusi, Y. K., and Ajayi, J. O.
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 10 June 2013
  •  Published: 16 June 2013

Abstract

In this work, the Shockley diode parameters were simulated using the Matlab software package with the solar cell I - V and P - V characteristics in focus. Our model has been based on previous studies while the effects of varying cell temperature, series resistance, Rambient irradiation and diode quality factor were put into consideration and the output current and power characteristics of the PV model simulated, all for 10 iterations using the Newton - Raphson algorithm. The effect of shunt is neglected throughout the simulation while the results showed expected trends as reported by previous authors. This work therefore will be very useful for users, especially researchers in this field.   

 

Key words: Photovoltaic, solar cell, Matlab, simulation, photocurrent.