A novel circuit model of PV cell for electrothermal simulations

In this paper, a novel circuit model of photovoltaic (PV) cells is presented, which exploits the thermal equivalent of the Ohm's law and the macromodeling technique to describe the temperature dependence of all key parameters and allow a specific temperature for each cell. The model is compatible with commercial SPICE-like simulation tools, and suitable to be employed for dynamic electrothermal (ET) simulations of PV panels either exposed to sunlight or under partial shading conditions.

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