Effects of power converters on dye-sensitized solar cells

Author

Bifaretti, S. ; Brown, T.M. ; Carlo, A. Di ; Reale, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Rome, Rome

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 May 2007

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

351

Abstract

The paper investigates the effect produced by power electronics converters on the power supplied by Photovoltaic modules. In particular, the frequency response of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is experimentally achieved and then compared, by means of simulation tests, to that obtained with an electrical model for Gratzel cells. Moreover, the paper proposes a current control algorithm for a quasi-resonant zero current switch (ZCS) DC-DC boost converter suitable to reduce the energy loss due to the power conversion and extract, in every operating situation, the maximum possible energy from the photovoltaic cells.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; photovoltaic cells; power conversion; solar cells; zero current switching; DC-DC boost converter; Gratzel cells; current control algorithm; dye-sensitized solar cells; photovoltaic cells; power conversion; power converters; power electronics converters; quasi-resonant zero current switch; Decision support systems; Electric current control; Frequency response; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power electronics; Power supplies; Solar power generation; Switches; Testing; DC-DC power conversion; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Photovoltaic power systems; Solar Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power, 2007. ICCEP '07. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Capri

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384235

Filename

4272406