The Open Renewable Energy Journal

2013, 6 : 23-28
Published online 2013 October 18. DOI: 10.2174/1876387101306010023
Publisher ID: TOREJ-6-23

Analysis of Electrical Characteristics using a Lambert W-Function Technique and MATLAB Simulation for Dye Sensitised ZnO Solar Cell

Renu Guliani , Amit Jain , Swati Sharma , Davinder Kaur , Akhil Guliani and Avinashi Kapoor
Department of Electronic Science, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.

ABSTRACT

Present article deals with analysis of output characteristics in ZnO based Dye Sensitised Solar Cell (DSSC) using a Lambert W-function technique and MATLAB Simulation. We have used an analytical approach having no approximation for extracting various parameters of DSSC, a well known Lambert W-function technique. The model used in present work is single diode model including the capacitance in equivalent circuit and hence study its effect on currentvoltage characteristics and other DSSC parameters. Results hence obtained are discussed and validated using MATLAB Simulation.

Keywords:

Dye Sensitised Solar Cell, Lambert W-Function, MATLAB.