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solar power?????????????????????????

By admin | September 30, 2007

Sam F asked:

A photovoltaic cell with dimensions 1.8 * 3.7 cm^2
How much power will be generated by the cell at AM1.5
Thanks

Question posted courtesy of: Gilbert
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One Response to “solar power?????????????????????????”

  1. billrussell42 Says:
    October 2nd, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    You have 6.7 cm^2 of cells.

    from wikipedia:
    A solar cell of 12% efficiency with a 100 cm2 surface area can be expected to produce approximately 1.2 watts of power.

    6.7/100 = 6.7%
    6.7% of 1.2w = 80 µwatts
    (this is at optimal conditions)

    I have no idea what AM1.5 is.