Voltage Characterization of Magnesium-doped Zinc Oxide by Electrodeposition Method for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cells

The research paper adapted the study of Rajpal and Kumar (2016). The Magnesium (Mg)-doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) was prepared using the electrodeposition method. The samples obtained from the experiment were then collated to observe the photoconductivity value and the percentage of Voltage Regulation of the plates. Three (3) different tilt angle orientation were utilized in gathering the data of the Voltage Regulation percentage (%VR) and photoconductivity. The photoconductivity value acquired from the undoped plate is 0.7083 while, for the doped plates are 0.8438V, 0.6897V and 0.7204V. On the other hand, the %VR acquired for 0
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and 20° were 1.283%, 5.820% and 3.456%, respectively. Moreover, the percent Battery Charge collated from the experiment are 0.39%, -1.20% and 1.11%, respectively. Further, the experiments showed that sun exposure and temperature have a significant impact on the electrical conductivity and output of the cells.