A new lumped-parameter equivalent circuit model using three-diodes is presented in this work for large area (∼154.8 cm2) industrial silicon solar cells. The estimation of values of ideality factors n1 (1) and n2 (2) using a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm for the two-diode model...

This paper presents an application of pattern search optimization technique for extracting the parameters of different solar cell models. These models are single diode, double diode, and photovoltaic module. The solar cell parameters estimation is viewed and formulated as a multivariate...

This paper presents a new algorithm for determination of the series resistance of crystalline-Si PV modules from individual illuminated I–V curves. The ideality factor and the reverse saturation current are then extracted in the classic way. The approach is applied to in-situ measured data...