THE CURRENT OUTPUT OF A SOLAR CELL DEPENDS ON THE a. AREA OF THE CELL , bTEMPERATURE AND IRRADIANCE, C OPERATING VOLTAGE, D ALL OF ABOVE
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Effect of Temperature
Like all other semiconductor devices, solar cells are sensitive to temperature. Increases in temperature reduce the bandgap of a semiconductor, thereby effecting most of the semiconductor material parameters. The decrease in the band gap of a semiconductor with increasing temperature can be viewed as increasing the energy of the electrons in the material. Lower energy is therefore needed to break the bond. In the bond model of a semiconductor bandgap, a reduction in the bond energy also reduces the bandgap. Therefore increasing the temperature reduces the bandgap.
In a solar cell, the parameter most affected by an increase in temperature is the open-circuit voltage. The impact of increasing temperature is shown in the figure below.