Thermal analysis of film photovoltaic cell subjected to dual laser beam irradiation

The concept of dual laser beam irradiation was firstly demonstrated on the photovoltaic cell, of which the temperature dependent efficiency was investigated for wireless power transmission. Then, an analytical model was established to calculate the multiple reflection–absorption of any monochromatic...

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Published in:Applied thermal engineering 2015-09, Vol.88, p.410-417
Main Authors: Yuan, Yu-Chen, Wu, Chen-Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational efficiency
Irradiation
Laser beams
Laser irradiation
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Multilayers
Photovoltaic cell
Photovoltaic cells
Solar cells
Temperature
Wireless power transmission
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Summary:The concept of dual laser beam irradiation was firstly demonstrated on the photovoltaic cell, of which the temperature dependent efficiency was investigated for wireless power transmission. Then, an analytical model was established to calculate the multiple reflection–absorption of any monochromatic light in multilayer structure, and the heat generation in photovoltaic cell was interpreted. Finally, the finite element analysis was used to simulate the temperature pattern of the photovoltaic cell subjected to laser irradiation. The spatial-temporal characteristic of the temperature field was obtained for improving the system in future. •Dual laser beam irradiation was utilized to investigate the PV cell responses.•Temperature dependency of PV cell output voltage was revealed experimentally.•Iterative algorithm was set up to compute the laser energy deposition in PV cell.•The PV cell temperature evolution under laser irradiation was obtained by FEA.•FEA results agreed well with the experimental results for the test point.
ISSN:1359-4311
DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.054