Research Article

Propagation of Electromagnetic Wave into an Illuminated Polysilicon PV Cell

Table 2

Behaviour of radio waves in the vicinity of the junction in the short circuit.

Crystalline typeMicrocrystallinePolycrystallineMulticrystallineSingle crystalline

Grain size ≤ 1 μm1 μm ≤  ≤ 1 mm1 mm ≤  ≤ 10 cm ≥ 10 cm
Comparison between lp and
Behaviour of the radio waveAttenuation rate inferior to 5.56 × 10−4%Attenuation rate inferior to 0.55%Attenuation rate inferior to 63.3%Attenuation rate equal to 63.3%