Research Article

The Effects of Nonuniform Illumination on the Electrical Performance of a Single Conventional Photovoltaic Cell

Figure 2

Experimental energy flux distribution on the surface of a PV cell for two different photovoltaic concentrators (a) CPC and (b) V-trough collector.
(a) PV cell under nonuniform illumination in the CPC collector
(b) PV cell under uniform illumination in the V-trough collector