Author(s)

Boubacar Soro^1,2*, Adama Ouedraogo^1,3, Mahamadi Savadogo¹, Ramatou Konate¹, Guyserge Tchouadep¹, Martial Zoungrana¹, Sié Kam¹

¹Laboratory of Thermal and Renewable Energies, Department of Physics, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
²Institutdes Sciences et Technologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³Centre Universitaire Polytechnique de Kaya, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The photovoltaic (PV) cell performances are connected to the base photogenerated carriers charge. Some studies showed that the quantity of the photogenerated carriers charge increases with the increase of the solar illumination. This situation explains the choice of concentration PV cell (C = 50 suns) in this study. However, the strong photogeneration of the carriers charge causes a high heat production by thermalization, collision and carriers charge braking due to the electric field induced by concentration gradient. This heat brings the heating of the PV cell base. That imposes the taking into account of the temperature influence in the concentrator PV cell operation. Moreover, with the proliferation of the magnetic field sources in the life space, it is important to consider its effect on the PV cell performances. Thus, when magnetic field and base temperature increase simultaneously, we observe a deterioration of the photovoltage, the electric power, the space charge region capacity, the fill factor and the conversion efficiency. However the photocurrent increases when the base temperature increases and the magnetic field strength decreases. It appears an inversion phenomenon in the evolution of the electrical parameters as a function of magnetic field for the values of magnetic field B＞ 4×10^-4 T.

Thermalization, Base Temperature, Magnetic Field, Fill Factor, Efficiency, Space Charge Region Capacity

Soro, B. , Ouedraogo, A. , Savadogo, M. , Konate, R. , Tchouadep, G. , Zoungrana, M. and Kam, S. (2023) Investigation of the Behavior of a Photovoltaic Cell under Concentration as a Function of the Temperature of the Base and a Variable External Magnetic Field in 3D Approximation. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 14, 209-220. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2023.1412013.