The PVeducation link from laser411 seems to be up and showing the electrical model
for a PV cell. The Wikipedia link shows it as well. Bruce Roe
Electricity 4r Dummies & DIY
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I looked at it briefly, and the pics at the source page seem to have moved. Perhaps Sunking will log back on and update it.Leave a comment:
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Would be possible to restore the image(s) on this thread/topic and some of the other stickies such as the "Ground Tutorial"? IMHO it would be hugely helpful to new readers coming through.
Also the links on the thread "Connecting to Earth" appear to be broken.
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A diode won't conduct at very low applied forward voltage. A shorted load connected to the solar cell will take all the available current,
but at zero volts takes no power. Increasing the load resistance slightly will generate some voltage drop and power transmitted to the
load. More resistance will give more voltage and at first more power, but as the voltage increases the diode starts conducting. A
point is reached where the power transmitted peaks; after that most of the current conducts internally and power delivered to the load
drops off again, zero at open circuit. Bruce RoeLeave a comment:
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Diodes only allow current to flow in 1 direction also called a rectifier. Turns AC into DC. Think of them as a 1-way valve for current to flow in one direction only.Last edited by Sunking; 07-31-2016, 08:27 PM.Leave a comment:
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Go to page http://www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom/s...ation/iv-curve
Look and click through on the example as they start with the simple cell, add light etc. You were not looking at a cell and a diode, you were looking solely at the PV diode. IL is just a representation of adding light and generating current, not adding a diode to a solar cell. enjoy and don't jump ahead to lessons before you understand the earlier lessons. That appears to be a great teaching site, but you need some electricity and electronics background to grasp the info they have there.Leave a comment:
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A diode won't conduct at very low applied forward voltage. A shorted load connected to the solar cell will take all the available current,
but at zero volts takes no power. Increasing the load resistance slightly will generate some voltage drop and power transmitted to the
load. More resistance will give more voltage and at first more power, but as the voltage increases the diode starts conducting. A
point is reached where the power transmitted peaks; after that most of the current conducts internally and power delivered to the load
drops off again, zero at open circuit. Bruce RoeLeave a comment:
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Oooh perfect person to ask my question to then. In an ideal solar cell diagram there is a diode that is pointed towards the negative terminal in parallel and the solar cell is thought as a constant current source. Why is that diode there? It would seem to me that the diode in that configuration would just shunt all of the energy straight to the negative and you would be unable to use it for a load?
See equivalent circuit of a solar cell
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Here is a pictorial outlining DC Principles 101 every student learns in the 1st semester of school.
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