A Review of Semiconductor Solar PV Cell and Development of Solar Radiation Estimation Models

Abstract

Today’s life could not be imagined without energy (Power). It has become an integral part of day to day life. Traditionally, dependency was there on conventional sources of energy like coal, hydroelectric etc. But they are limited resources; also, they offer residue or pollution to the environment which is not desirable. These are the main reasons that the researchers inclined themselves towards the maximum exploration and make optimal use of non-conventional energy resources. The mainly available nonconventional source of energy is solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy, ocean energy (tidal energy, wave energy and ocean thermal energy), geothermal energy, nuclear energy etc. Among all, solar energy is most preferable. The sun is the most important and unique type star of the solar system. It is having tremendous amount of energy. Its energy comes from nucleus fission. This energy is released into space mainly in the form of electromagnetic radiation which is experienced as heat and light. As per NASA, only 1 h of sunlight is more than sufficient to meet the energy demand of world for whole year. It releases approximately 1,20,000 TW of energy in an hour. Also, solar energy is totally pollution and residue free. The use of solar energy mainly depends on amount of solar radiation received. So, the solar radiation needs to be predicted. Before prediction, it should be noted that solar radiation is mainly dependent on various meteorological parameters like ambient temperature, wind speed, movement of clouds, etc. Keywords: Solar radiation, estimation models, MAPE, TS, MBE, RMSE, regression, pyrheliometer, pyranometer Cite this Article Deependra Pandey, Amar Choudhary. A Review of Semiconductor Solar PV Cell and Development of Solar Radiation Estimation Models. Journal of Semiconductor Devices and Circuits . 2018; 5(1): 20–26p.