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

Table 8

Variation of PV cell performance parameters with energy illumination profiles for 3 and 6 concentrations of peak energy intensity.

Peak energy flux concentration for nonuniform illumination	Test condition	PV cell performance parameters
		(±0.0080 V)	(±0.0034 A)	(W)	FF	(%)
3	Uniform illumination	0.5950	6.1805	1.7687	0.4810	8.8791
	Nonuniform illumination	0.5950	6.1340	1.6933	0.4640	8.4679
	Decrease (%)	0.0	0.8	4.3	3.5343	4.6311
6	Uniform illumination	0.6031	5.5811	1.7023	0.5057	9.2517
	Nonuniform illumination	0.5950	5.4546	1.6224	0.4999	8.8248
	Decrease (%)	1.3	2.3	4.7	1.1463	4.6143