Application of a high-precision MPPT controller for thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaic devices

V.Y. Fedenko; B.S. Dzundza; I.B. Hatala

doi:10.15330/itee.2024.1.01

Authors

V.Y. Fedenko Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8907-683X
B.S. Dzundza Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-5347
I.B. Hatala Wayne State University https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9361-2805

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/itee.2024.1.01

Keywords:

computer simulation, CdTe, solar cell, renewable energy, MPPT algorithm

Abstract

The paper presents the concept of an MPPP controller capable of working with thin-film cadmium telluride photoconverters to study the stability of samples in real conditions. The parameters of photocells based on CdTe/CdS/ITO and CdTe/CdS/ZnO heterostructures were obtained during modeling in SCAPS 1D. To find the MPP, the well-known Incremental Conductance method was used, which is configured to work with low-power photoconverters.

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