Effect of high irradiation on photovoltaic power and energy

Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a promising solution to combat against energy crisis and environmental pollution. However, the high manufacturing cost of solar cells along with the huge area required for well-sized PV power plants are the two major issues for the sustainable expansion of this technology. Concentrator technology is one of the solutions of the abovementioned problem. As concentrating the solar radiation over a single cell is now a proven technology, so attempt has been made in this article to extend this concept over PV module. High irradiation intensity from 1000 to 3000 W/m2 has been investigated to measure the power and energy of PV cell. The numerical simulation has been conducted using finite element technique. At 3000 W/m2 irradiation,…