USEFUL CONSTANTS

Constant
Speed of light in vacuum
Elementary charge
Plancks constant
Boltzmanns constant
Vacuum permittivity

Symbol
c
q
h
k
0

Value
2.998 108
1.6 10-19
6.626 10-34
1.38 10-23
8.854 10-12

USEFUL FORMULAS

Week 1
Speed of light in vacuum
Energy of a photon
Irradiance

Formula

( )

Air mass
Spectral photon flux
Photon flux

( )

( )
( )

Units
m/s
C
Js
J/K
F/m

Week 2
Law of mass action
Diffusion current density
(electrons)
Diffusion current density
(holes)
Drift current density
(electrons)
Drift current density (holes)
Diffusion length (electrons)

Formula

Diffusion length (holes)

Week 3
J-V curve of an ideal
solar cell

Formula
[

J-V curve of a non-ideal

solar cell

[
(

Open-circuit voltage

)
)

Fill factor
Efficiency

Lambert-Beers law
Snells law

( )

Short-circuit current
(

( )

( )
( )

]
)

Fresnel reflection
coefficient, ppolarization
Fresnel transmission
coefficient, ppolarization
Fresnel reflection
coefficient, spolarization
Fresnel transmission
coefficient, spolarization

Week 4
Fingers resistance
Ficks law

Formula

Week 6
Sensible heat

Formula
(

Latent heat
Fouriers law

Newtons law
Energy per area emitted by a
black body
Energy per area emitted by a
grey body
Heat in a collector
Energy stored in a water tank
(

Heat loss of a water tank

Heat stored in a phase
change material
Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

[ (

)]

Week 7
Temperature coefficient

Formula
X (T ) X ST C

dX
(T TST C )
dT
( NOCT 20C )
800 W 2
m

Tcell Tambient G

NOCT Model

Module Ideality Factor

MIF

EPV ,T
Eexp ected

At MPP

V
V

To the right of MPP

V
V

To the left of MPP

I

V
V

Battery capacity

C-rate

Storage round-trip efficiency

Ebatt CbattV

C rate

I
Cbatt

Eout
100
Ein

Battery Voltaic efficiency

Vdisch arg e

Battery Coulombic efficiency

Qdisch arg e

Total battery efficiency

State of charge
Depth of discharge

1h

Vch arg e

Qch arg e

100

100

batt VC
SOC

DOD

Eavailable
100
CbattV

Edisch arg ed
CbattV

100